Through profiles of ordinary people who made significant changes in their communities simply by "getting involved" (and staying involved), Paul Loeb offers a guide to citizenship and commitment.
"Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity & Courage in a World Gone Mad" is a little book with a big message. Frances Moore Lappe - author of fifteen books, including three-million copy bestseller "Diet for a Small Planet" - distills her world-spanning experience and wisdom in a conversational yet hard-hitting style. She affirms readers' basic sanity - ...
Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the world's leading social theorists to how we understand society and the 'social'. Bruno Latour's contention is that the word 'social', as used by Social Scientists, has become laden with assumptions to the point where it has become misnomer. When the adjective is applied to a ...
We live in a society that opposes aging, despite the evidence that each of us is, in fact, aging. This anti-aging bias has prevented us from thinking about old age in a way that feels good or that will create a good elderhood. Removing our ageist blinders, Dr. Thomas provides a motivational and visionary blueprint for old age as a healing force in ...
Basic techniques for achieving group success are described in the latest edition of this popular handbook for group facilitators, which clearly details when, how and why to use each technique. Concrete examples are provided for each technique, and its application to a wide range of topics is discussed. These include contract negotiation, mediation ...
The 20th century is recalled by older Americans. The lives of ordinary Americans changed radically during the "American Century," and the wide range of people interviewed in this book offer their memories and interpretations of those changes.
Love is in the air as Madison's English class gets a lovely assignment, Bigwheels gets a boyfriend, and even Phin's in puppy love. Just when Madison thinks she's loveless, she gets a strange red envelope and her e-mail box is filled with notes. Can she figure out who her secret admirer is before the school dance?
Based on six decades worth of research and millions of interviews, "The Influentials" profiles the ten percent of Americans who quietly and profoundly influence decisions about the cars the other nine percent drive, the books they read, and the candidates they support. This book tells companies how to win over these people who will--by word of ...
A discussion of the "savage side" of market capitalism in Appalachia and the social, political and economic roles that mediating structures play in mitigating it. It profiles the work of 23 such structures and distils the practical lessons to be found in their successes and shortcomings.
Hubbard defines conscious evolution as "the awareness that humans have gained the power to affect our own evolution." Humanity today holds the power to destroy or enhance the planet's life-support system. This text traces the path of the co-creator, a path that combines our technological powers with New Age spirituality, and discusses the tools ...
Do cities work anymore? How did they get to be such sprawling conglomerations of lookalike subdivisions, mega freeways, and 'big box' superstores surrounded by acres of parking lots? And why, most of all, don't they feel like real communities? These are the questions that Alex Marshall tackles in this hard-hitting, highly readable look at what ...
As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of political, cultural, social, and economic changes in cities - from World War II to the present - to show how community-based organizations have responded. ...
An examination of the nature of leadership. The author draws a wide range of portraits from history and represents revolutionary, political, religious, business, artistic, sports and military leaders including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Napoleon and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change is the watchword of the nineties. Ordinary Americans are coming together to change their workplaces, their communities, their schools, and their lives. This deeply personal, inspiring, and interactive book is full of practical advice on how to get involved.
"Civic Engagement and the "Baby Boomer Generation"" presents the latest research findings and evaluation studies that help promote a thorough understanding of the programmes, policies, and civic opportunities available to people aged 50 and older. More than any previous generation, baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) are defying stereotypes ...
The Moral Foundations of Trust seeks to explain why people place their faith in strangers, and why doing so matters. Trust is a moral value that does not depend upon personal experience or on interacting with people in civic groups or informal socializing. Instead, we learn to trust from our parents, and trust is stable over long periods of time. ...
Many leading-edge books are now stating that emerging social networks are rewriting and impacting the rules of business. Now you can discover exactly how to use social networking in your business to drive better decision-making and greater profitability. We Are Snarter Than Me is a collaboration of Wharton, MIT and thousands of business ...
This classic text is a comparative political study, based on extensive survey data that defined and analysed the Greek concept of civic virtuelture: the political and social attitudes that are crucial to the success of modern democracy in Western nations. Cited extensively, the book was originally published in 1963.
Race and racial diversity are important aspects of America and have been shown to substantially affect social relations and the political system, often in ways inconsistent with the values of equality. However, greater civic association and a general sense of community, embodied in the concept of social capital, are said to have tremendous ...
Making participation work requires workshops, training and learning that are themselves participatory. This sourcebook makes easily accessible the author's experience in the field in the form of 21 sets of ideas, activites and tips, both serious and fun, for topics such as getting started, seating, forming groups, managing large numbers, analysis, ...
This is an inspiring, practical advice for making your work more meaningful. Each day, we hear new stories of the rich and powerful doing good works: Gates and Buffett, Clinton and Branson, Oprah and Bono. But do you have to be worth billions to do so? No. Can mere mortals transform how they earn their daily bread? Absolutely. "We Are The New ...
Through the voices of committed individuals and the authors' careful analysis, "Common Fire" reveals the kinds of experiences--with family, peers, mentors, media, and other influences--that encouraged young people to understand themselves as part of the world at large, and the relationships, opportunities, institutions, and habits of mind that ...
This title presents case studies of local projects from around the world, and discusses community ICT research methodologies. Not only does it highlight the symbiotic relationship between community ICT practice and research, but it also provides evidence supporting the case for the development of more inclusive and participatory pathways to the ...
This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world, issues that are emerging in many developing countries and have yet to be experienced in others. Wherever rapid population ageing is coupled with a view of old people as useless and a burden, challenging questions arise: how ...
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