How Change Happens
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Language
English
ISBN
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Cover
How Change Happens
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
Part I:
A Power and Systems Approach
How we think/feel/work: 4 steps to help us dance with the system
The questions we ask (and keep asking)
1: Systems Thinking Changes Everything
Systems, economics, and development
Crises as critical junctures
The world is complex-so what?
Be flexible:
Seek fast and ongoing feedback:
Success is often accidental:
Undertake multiple parallel experiments:
Learn by doing (and failing):
Identify and discuss your rules of thumb:
Convene and broker relationships:
Positive deviance
Conclusion
Further Reading
Further Viewing
2: Power Lies at the Heart of Change
No such thing as a power vacuum
Power and change
Is power a zero sum game?
Using power analysis
Alliances:
Approach:
Events:
Why change doesn´t happen
Institutions:
Ideas:
Interests:
Conclusion
Further Reading
Further Surfing
3: Shifts in Social Norms Often Underpin Change
How norms evolve
Norms, gender, and power
Norm changes and the state
Norms, culture, and faith
Are norms neutral?
Female genital mutilation
Conclusion
Further Reading
Case Study: The Chiquitanos of Bolivia
Part II:
Institutions and the Importance of History
4: How States Evolve
How states evolve
States in developing countries today
Aid-financed state reform
Conclusion
Further Reading
5: The Machinery of Law
The law as a driver of change
Customary law
Combining customary and formal systems
International law
The law as a system
Conclusion
Further Reading
6: Accountability, Political Parties, and the Media
Political parties as drivers of change
Patronage and corruption
Parties and women
Parties in non-democratic systems
Party platforms as venues for change
The media and accountability
Transparency and accountability initiatives
Conclusion
Further Reading
7: How the International System Shapes Change
The multilateral system evolves
`Hard´ and `soft´ power
The sustainable development goals
Conclusion
Further Reading
8: Transnational Corporations as Drivers and Targets of Change
Some history
How TNCs drive change
TNCs as influencers
How do TNCs change?
Why do different TNCs behave so differently?
Conclusions
Further Reading
Case Study: The December 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change
Background
Contextual drivers of change
The main players
Critical junctures
Systems thinking: a 21st century international agreement?
Part III:
What Activists Can (and Can´t) Do
9: Citizen Activism and Civil Society
What is citizen activism?
Citizen activism and protest
Citizen activism and markets
Civil society and the state: opponents or collaborators?
State support for citizen activism
How can outsiders support citizen activists?
1. The right partners are indispensable:
2. Don´t neglect `power within´:
3. Build the `grains´ of change:
4. Building citizen activism takes time:
5. Think about working with faith groups:
6. Conflict vs. cooperation:
Conclusion
Further Reading
10: Leaders and Leadership
Understanding leadership at the top
What makes a leader?
What do leaders do?
Leadership from below
Women and leadership
Leadership, power, and systems
Further Reading
Further Surfing
11: The Power of Advocacy
How advocacy works
Advocacy and systems thinking
Critical junctures
Coalitions and alliances
Insiders vs. outsider tactics
Conclusion
Further Reading
Part IV:
Pulling it all Together
12: A Power and Systems Approach to Making Change Happen
A power and systems approach
What kind of change are we talking about?
What precedents are there that we can learn from?
Who are the stakeholders and where do they stand?
What kind of approach might make sense for this change?
What actual strategies are you going to try?
How will we learn about the impact of our actions and changes in the context?
Implications for activist organizations
Implications for funders
How international activist organizations might adapt
Conclusion
Further Reading
Further Surfing
Conclusion
Index
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