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Organising for Change : Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Organizations and ActivismPublisher: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource (271 p.)ISBN:- 9781529236033
- 1529236037
- 303.4
- HM831
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Summary: Based on decades of research, this book explores global social change processes through the concepts of social change organisations (SCOs) and social change makers (SCMs) - the individuals working within and alongside SCOsPPN: PPN: 1907960813Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK | BSZ-4-NLEBK-KAUB
Front Cover -- Series page -- Organising for Change: Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- List of figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Beyond protest to actions and interactions -- Our key concepts -- Organising for change -- Why our book matters -- ICT, crises, and the persisting importance of SCOs -- Multi-pronged approaches to social change -- The on-going relevance of our argument -- Relevance for social change makers -- Overview of the book
A note on our positionalities -- 1 What Are Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations? -- Introducing social change makers -- Introducing social change organisations -- Varieties of SCO -- Non-governmental organisations -- Third sector organisations -- Social movement organisations -- Understanding the intersections of different SCOs -- Varieties of involvement in social change organisations -- Conclusions -- 2 The Big Picture: Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations in Historically Variable Contexts -- Historically variable contexts
SCOs in historical perspective: three threads -- Thread one: from colonisation to Black Lives Matter -- Thread two: from socialism to neo-liberalism -- Thread three: from fascism to right-wing movements -- Conclusions -- 3 Ways of Making Change -- 1700038562133_37 -- Tactics, strategies, and repertoires -- Spheres of action: ways of classifying tactics -- Exploring tactics through the lens of causes -- Protest -- Violent protest manifestations and non-violent uprisings -- Non-violent non-systemic protest manifestations -- Advocacy and lobbying -- Service provision and knowledge production
Conclusions -- 4 No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Sources and Consequences of Resource Choices -- Material and non-material resources: concepts and definitions -- Different tactics, different resource needs -- The sources of SCOs' financial resources -- The consequences of obtaining resources -- Accountability -- Professionalisation -- The accountability consequences of professionalisation -- Other consequences of resource mobilisation -- ICT and social media as game changers -- Conclusions -- 5 People Making Change -- Recruitment into social change organisations
Pull factors for SCM recruitment -- Push factors into SCM recruitment -- ICT and online recruitment as push and pull factors -- Variations of involvement in social change organisations -- Identities of social change makers -- Personal sustainability and (avoiding) burnout -- Professionalisation -- Conclusions -- 6 Collaboration, Competition and Conflict -- Intersectionality, organisational ecology, institutional isomorphism -- Collaboration -- Coalition building -- Competition -- Conflict -- Conflicts among potential allies -- Conflicts between opposed SCOs -- Conclusions
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