How Change Happens – Duncan Green

How Change Happens – Duncan Green

Author: Duncan Green

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Print Length: 288 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / Politics & Political Science, Non-Fiction / Social Science

Area: Bolivia

Topic: Activism, Change, Civil Participation, History, Law, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Leadership, Media & Narratives, Politics & Power, Social Change, Social Norms, System

Society is full of would-be ‘change agents’-campaigners, government officials, enlightened business people, engaged intellectuals-set on improving public services, reforming laws and regulations, guaranteeing human rights, achieving a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, and greater recognition for any number of issues. Drawing on many first-hand examples and numerous new case studies and interviews with grassroots activists and organizations around the world, as well as Oxfam’s unrivalled global experience, this important book answers the question: how does change happen and how can we-governments, organizations, businesses, leaders, campaigners, employees, and ordinary citizens-make a difference?

Introduction
Part I: A power and systems approach
1. Systems thinking changes everything 
2. Power lies at the heart of change 
3. Shifts in social norms often underpin change
Case study: The Chiquitanos of Bolivia

Part II: Institutions and the importance of history
4. How states evolve
5. The machinery of law
6. Accountability, political parties, and the media
7. How the international system shapes change
8. Transnational corporations as drivers and targets of change 
Case study: The December Paris Agreement on climate change

Part III: What activists can (and can’t) do
9. Citizen activism and civil society 

10. Leaders and leadership
11. The power of advocacy

Part IV: Pulling it all together
12. A power and systems approach to making change happen

Conclusion
Index

Duncan Green is Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB, Professor in Practice in International Development at the London School of Economics, honorary Professor of International Development at Cardiff University and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies. He is author of How Change Happens (OUP, October 2016) and From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World (Oxfam International, 2008, second edition 2012). His daily development blog can be found on www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/.

Source: https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/people/duncan-green

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