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How to change the world / David Bornstein.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bornstein, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social action--Case studies.
- Social action.
- Social reformers.
- Social service.
- Social service--Case studies.
- Social reformers--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 358 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Updated edition.
- Other Title:
- How to change the world : social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. Bornstein profiles nine of these driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up--and remake the world for the better.
- Contents:
- Restless people
- From little acorns do great trees grow
- The light in my head went on : Fábio Rosa, Brazil : rural electrification
- The fixed determination of an indomitable will : Florence Nightingale, England : nursing
- A very significant force : Bill Drayton, United States : the bubble
- Why was I never told about this?
- Ten-nine-eight-childline! Jeroo Billimoria, India : child protection
- The role of the social entrepreneur
- "What sort of a mother are you?" : Erzsébet Szekeres, Hungary : assisted living for the disabled
- Are they possessed, really possessed, by an idea?
- If the world is to be put in order : Vera Cordeiro, Brazil : reforming healthcare
- In search of social excellence
- The talent is out there : J. B. Schramm, United States : college access
- New opportunities, new challenges
- Something needed to be done : Veronica Khosa, South Africa : care for AIDs patients
- Four practices of innovative organizations
- This country has to change : Javed Abidi, India : disability rights
- Six qualities of successful social entrepreneurs
- Morality must march with capacity : James Grant, United States : the child survival revolution
- Blueprint copying
- Conclusion : the emergence of the citizen sector.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-339) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195334760
- 0195334760
- OCLC:
- 141483455
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