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The systems work of social change : how to harness connection, context, and power to cultivate deep and enduring change / Cynthia Rayner and Francois Bonnici.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rayner, Cynthia, author.
- Bonnici, François, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change.
- Social justice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The issues of poverty, inequality, racial injustice, and climate change have never been more pressing. This book draws on stories of committed social changemakers to uncover effective principles and practices for social change, distilling a timely set of lessons on how connection, context, and power sit at the heart of the change process.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Systems Work of Social Change: How to Harness Connection, Context, and Power to Cultivate Deep and Enduring Change
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- How We Got Here
- Reading This Book
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction: Working in Systems
- Exploring Systems Change
- Two Approaches
- Discovering the Deeper Work
- Principles and Practices
- Part I: Principles of Systems Work
- 1: An Industry of Social Change
- Interconnected and Institutional
- Fragmented and Privatized
- How We Choose to Change
- 2: Complexity, Scale, and Depth
- The Crisis of Complexity
- The Illusion of Scale
- Depth and Power
- Where Do We Go from Here?
- 3: Connection, Context, and Power
- Start with the Process in Mind
- Principle 1: Foster Connection
- Principle 2: Embrace Context
- Principle 3: Reconfigure Power
- Part II: Practices of Systems Work
- 4: Cultivating Collectives
- A New Web of Relationships
- Building a "We"
- From Stigma to Pride
- Hosting Havens
- Pooling
- Slowing Down
- 5: Equipping Problem-solvers
- "Knowledge at the Edge"
- Circulating Data (Both Small and Big)
- Decentralizing Decision-making
- Positioning Problem-solvers
- Sustaining Motivation
- Economies of Trust
- 6: Promoting Platforms
- Vertical and Horizontal
- Linking Groups Together
- Collaborating with Flexibility
- From Outrageous to Acceptable
- Observing Rituals
- Platforms for Power
- 7: Disrupting Policies and Patterns
- Policies for Participation
- Patterns for Perpetuity
- Micro, Meso, Macro
- An Iterative Effort
- What's It All About?
- Part III: Reimagining the Future
- 8: Measuring for Learning
- The Pressure to Measure
- Supporting Self-evaluation
- Surfacing Invisible Value
- Shortening Feedback Loops
- Measuring for Meaning
- Deepening the Data
- 9: Funding for Partnership.
- The Fox in Charge
- Starting with Questions
- Seeding Systems Work
- Nurturing Systems Work
- Propagating Systems Work
- Connecting the Dots
- 10: The Principles and Practices in Action
- Going Deep
- The Principles in a Pandemic
- Fostering Connection
- Embracing Context
- Reconfiguring Power
- The "In Between" Normal
- The Window of Now
- Appendix: Case Stydies: Organizational Practices and Tactics of Systems Work
- RLabs
- mothers2mothers
- Family Independence Initiative
- Buurtzorg
- Slum Dwellers International (SDI)
- Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI)
- Nidan
- Fundación Escuela Nueva
- Endnotes
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Index.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-259937-2
- 0-19-189023-5
- 0-19-259936-4
- OCLC:
- 1263028346
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