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David Bornstein's How to Change the World is the first book to study a remarkable and growing group of individuals around the world--what Bornstein calls social entrepreneurs. These men and women are bringing innovative, and successful, grass-roots approaches to a wide variety of social and economic problems, from rural poverty in India to discrimination against gypsies in Central Europe; from industrial pollution in the United States to child prostitution in Thailand. Like business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs are creative, driven, and adventurous. The embrace change, exploit new opportunities, and think big. In How to Change the World, Bornstein provides vivid profiles of many such individuals, looking at the personalities, strategies, and techniques they have in common. The book is an In Search of Excellence for social initiatives, intertwining personal stories, anecdotes, and analysis. Readers will see how social entrepreneurs bring about structural changes in their societies--in other words, how one human being can make a difference. The case studies in the book include Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for the international campaign against landmines she ran by e-mail from her Vermont home; Roberto Baggio, a 31-year old Brazilian who has established eighty computer schools in the slums of Brazil; and Diana Propper, who has used investment banking techniques to make American corporations responsive to environmental dangers. The paperback edition will offer a new foreword by the author that shows how the concept of social entrepreneurship has expanded and unfolded over the last few years, including the Gates-Buffetts charitable partnership, the rise of Google, and the increased mainstream coverage of the subject. The book will also update the stories of individual social entrepreneurs that appeared in the cloth edition.

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• Preface(p. ix)
• 1 Restless People(p. 1)
• 2 From Little Acorns Do Great Trees Grow(p. 11)
• 3 The Light in My Head Went On: Fabio Rosa, Brazil: Rural Electrification(p. 21)
• 4 The Fixed Determination of an Indomitable Will: Florence Nightingale, England: Nursing(p. 41)
• 5 A Very Significant Force: Bill Drayton, United States: The Bubble(p. 48)
• 6 Why Was I Never Told about This?(p. 62)
• 7 Ten-Nine-Eight-Childline!: Jeroo Billimoria, India: Child Protection(p. 70)
• 8 The Role of the Social Entrepreneur(p. 92)
• 9 "What Sort of a Mother Are You?": Erzsebet Szekeres, Hungary: Assisted Living for the Disabled(p. 101)
• 10 Are They Possessed, Really Possessed, by an Idea?(p. 120)
• 11 If the World Is to Be Put in Order: Vera Cordeiro, Brazil: Reforming Healthcare(p. 130)
• 12 In Search of Social Excellence(p. 151)
• 13 The Talent Is Out There: J. B. Schramm, United States: College Access(p. 164)
• 14 New Opportunities, New Challenges(p. 183)
• 15 Something Needed to Be Done: Veronica Khosa, South Africa: Care for AIDS Patients(p. 188)
• 16 Four Practices of Innovative Organizations(p. 205)
• 17 This Country Has to Change: Javed Abidi, India: Disability Rights(p. 214)
• 18 Six Qualities of Successful Social Entrepreneurs(p. 238)
• 19 Morality Must March with Capacity: James Grant, United States: The Child Survival Revolution(p. 247)
• 20 Blueprint Copying(p. 262)
• 21 Conclusion: The Emergence of the Citizen Sector(p. 271)
• Epilogue(p. 289)
• Afterword(p. 292)
• Notes(p. 307)
• Selected Readings(p. 329)
• Resource Guide(p. 333)
• Index(p. 341)

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David Bornstein is a journalist who specializes in writing about social innovation. His first book, The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank was selected as a finalist for the New York Public Library Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. His articles have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times, and he co-wrote the PBS documentary "To Our Credit." He lives in New York City.