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How to change the world / David Bornstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bornstein, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social action--Case studies.
- Social action.
- Social service--Case studies.
- Social service.
- Social reformers--Case studies.
- Social reformers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 358 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- REV. ED.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- 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 and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bornstein, David. How to change the world.
- ISBN:
- 9780199760404
- 0199760403
- Publisher Number:
- 99991146554
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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