Small Change: Why Business Wont Save the World
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Small Change: Why Business Wont Save the World by Michael Edwards
A new movement is afoot that promises to save the world by applying the magic of the market to the challenges of social change. But in this hard-hitting, controversial expos , Michael Edwards shows that business is ill-equipped to attack the causes of poverty, inequality, violence, and discrimination. Achieving fundamental social transformation requires cooperation rather than competition, collective action more than individual effort, and support for long-term, systemic solutions instead of immediate results. With a vested interest in the status quo, business can promise only limited advances: small change. It's time to turn away from the false promise of the market and reassert the independence of global citizen action.
Michael Edwards is the director of the Ford Foundation's Governance and Civil Society Unit in New York, having worked in international development for the last 20 years. He is the author of Future Positive: International Co-operation in the 21st Century and co-editor (with John Gaventa) of Global Citizen Action. Alan Fowler is a consultant, analyst and writer who has worked for over 20 years with international development NGOs in Africa, Asia and the United States. He is author of Striking a Balance: A Guide to Enhancing the Effectiveness of NGOs in International Development and The Virtuous Spiral: A Guide to Sustainability for NGOs in International Development.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781605093772 |
| ISBN 10 | 1605093777 |
| Title | Small Change: Why Business Wont Save the World |
| Author | Michael Edwards |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Berrett-Koehler |
| Year published | 2010-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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