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How to change the world /

'How to Change the World' tells the stories of remarkable individuals who have improved our world. For anyone seeking to make a positive mark on the world, this will be both an inspiring read and an invaluable handbook.

Основен автор: Bornstein, David.
Формат: Книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Издание: Updated ed.
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Онлайн достъп: Table of contents
Съдържание:
  • 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.