Systems Work of Social Change - How to Harness Connection, Context, Power to Cultivate Deep Enduring

The issues of poverty, inequality, racial justice, and climate change have never been more pressing or paralyzing. Current approaches to social change, which rely on industrial models of production and power to "solve" social problems, are not helping. In fact, they are designed to entrench the status quo. In The Systems Work of Social Change, Cynthia Rayner and Francois Bonnici draw on two hundred years of history and a treasure trove of stories of committed social changemakers to uncover principles and practices for social change that radically depart from these approaches. Rather than delivering "solutions," these principles and practices focus on the process of change itself. Through rich storytelling and lucid analysis, Rayner and Bonnici show that connection, context, and power sit at the heart of the change process, ensuring broader agency for people and communities to create social systems that are responsive and representative in a rapidly changing world. Simple yet profound, this book distills a timely set of lessons for practitioners, leaders, scholars, and policymakers.

Product details

• Authors: François Bonnici, Cynthia Rayner, Cynthia (Senior Researcher Rayner
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2021
• EAN: 9780198857457
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885745-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Business ethics & social responsibility, Organizational theory & behaviour, Social issues & processes, Business ethics and social responsibility, Social and ethical issues, Organizational theory and behaviour