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Human contemporary society is full of would-be "change brokers", a restless mixture of campaigners, lobbyists, and representatives, both individuals and organizations, establish on transforming the entire world. They want to improve open public services, reform regulations, guarantee human rights, get a fairer offer for those on the sharp end, achieve increased recognition for just about any range of issues, or just be cured with respect. Dazzling then, why so many universities lack programs for social activists, to which students can turn for advice and ideas. Instead, scholarly discussions of change are fragmented with few conversations crossing disciplinary restrictions, rarely making it onto the radar of these actively seeking change. This audiobook bridges the distance between academia and practice, bringing together the best research from a range of academic disciplines and the changing practical understanding of activists to explore this issue of social and political change. Pulling on many first-hand illustrations from the global connection with Oxfam, one of the world's greatest social justice NGOs, as well as the author's insights from studying and focusing on international development, it testing ideas about how change happens and offers the latest thinking on what works to achieve progressive change.
