How to change the world

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'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.

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Title Statements

Full title :How to change the world / David Bornstein.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.
Edition:Updated ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

Notes

Subtitle on cover and spine: Social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas.

Previous edition: 2004.

The Physical Object

Description:xxi, 358 pages : : illustrations, portraits ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780195334760, 0195334760
oclc:ocn769003472
LC Classification:HN18
Dewey Decimal:361.7/0922

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 copy…

Subjects

Bereitstellung Case studies Entrepreneuriat social -- Études de cas Nonprofit-Bereich Réformateurs sociaux -- Études de cas Social entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurship -- Case studies Social reformers Social reformers -- Case studies Soziale Dienstleistung Sozialer Wandel Unternehmensgründung