How to Change the World : social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas. / txt
David Bornstein.
- xxi, 358 p. ill. ; 24 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents: Preface ix -- 1.Restless people 1 -- 2. From Little Acorns Do Great Trees Grow 11 -- 3. The light in My Head Went On -- Fabio Rosa, Brazil: Rural Electrification 21 -- 4. The Fixed Determination of and Indomitable Will -- Florence Nightingale, England: Nursing 41 -- 5 A Very Significant Force -- Bill Drayton, United States: The Bubble 48 -- 6. Why was I Never Told About This? 62 -- 7. Ten – Nine – Eight – Childline! -- Jeroo Billimoria, India: Child protection 70 -- 8. The Role of the Social Entrepreneur 92 -- 9. ‘’What Sort of a Mother are You?’’ -- Erzsébet Szekeres, Hungary: Assisted Living for the Disabled 101 -- 10. Are they Possessed, Really Possessed, by an Idea? 120 -- 11. If the world is to be Put in Order -- Vera Cordeiro, Brazil: Reforming Healthcare 130 -- 12. In Search of Social Excellence 151 -- 13. The talent Is Out There -- J.B. Schram, United States: College Access 164 -- 14. New Opportunities, New Challenges 183 -- 15. Something Needed to be Done -- Veronica Khosa, South Africa: Care for AIDS Patients 188 -- 16. Four Practices OF innovative Organizations 205 -- 17. This Country has to Change -- Javed Abidi, India: Disability Rights 214 -- 18. Six Qualities of Successful Social Entrepreneurs 238 -- 19. Morality Must March With Capacity -- James Grant, United States: The Child Survival Revolution 247 -- 20. Blueprint Copying 262 -- 21. Conclusion 271 -- The emergence of the Citizen Sector 271 -- Epilogue 289 -- Afterword 292 -- Notes 307 -- Selected Readings 329 -- Resource guide 333 -- Index 341 --
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Social actions--Case studies. Social services--Case studies. Social entrepreneurship. Social reformers Public welfare