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Crutchfield, Leslie R., 1968-
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Social change.
Social movements.
Environmentalism.
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Crutchfield, Leslie R., 1968-
Social change.
Social movements.
Environmentalism.
MARC Display
How
change
happens
:
why
some
social
movements
succeed
while
others
don
't / Leslie R. Crutchfield.
by
Crutchfield, Leslie R., 1968-
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018.
Call #:
303.4 C957h
Subjects
Social
change
.
Social
movements
.
Environmentalism.
ISBN:
9781119413813 (hc)
Description:
xii, 228 p. : ill. (
some
color)
Notes:
"A project of the Global
Social
Enterprise Initiative at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business"-- title page.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Discover
how
those who
change
the world do so with this thoughtful and timely book.
Why
do
some
changes occur, and
others
don
't? What are the factors that drive successful
social
and environmental
movements
,
while
others
falter?
How
Change
Happens
examines the leadership approaches, campaign strategies, and ground-level tactics employed in a range of modern
social
change
campaigns. The book explores successful
movements
that have achieved phenomenal impact since the 1980s -- tobacco control, gun rights expansion, LGBT marriage equality, and acid rain elimination. It also examines recent campaigns that seem to have fizzled, like Occupy Wall Street, and those that continue to struggle, like gun violence prevention and carbon emissions reduction. And it explores implications for
movements
that are newly emerging, like Black Lives Matter. By comparing successful
social
change
campaigns to the rest,
How
Change
Happens
reveals powerful lessons for changemakers who seek to impact society and the planet for the better in the 21st century. Author Leslie Crutchfield is a writer, lecturer,
social
impact advisor, and leading authority on scaling
social
innovation. She is Executive Director of the Global
Social
Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, and co-author of two previous books, Forces for Good and Do More than Give. She serves as a senior advisor with FSG, the global
social
impact consulting firm. She is frequently invited to speak at nonprofit, philanthropic, and corporate events, and has appeared on shows such as ABC News Now and NPR, among
others
. She is an active media contributor, with pieces appearing in The Washington Post. Fortune.com, CNN/Money and Harvard Business Review.com. Examines
why
some
societal shifts occur, and
others
don
't. Illustrates the factors that drive successful
social
and environmental
movements
. Looks at the approaches, strategies, and tactics that changemakers employ in order to effect widescale
change
. Whatever cause inspires you, advance it by applying the must-read advice in
How
Change
Happens
-- whether you lead a
social
change
effort, or if you're tired of just watching from the outside and want to join the fray, or if you simply want to better understand
how
change
happens
, this book is the place to start."--Publisher.
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