How Change Happens is a textbook by Dr Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam, bridging the gap between academic research and practice. The book analyses how social and political change happens and is based on international examples and decades of experience.
Description
This book examines the dynamics of social change and how activists, lobbyists, and policymakers can exert influence. It highlights the importance of collaboration between different disciplines and practical experience for effective change. The second edition includes a new chapter on digital technology and discusses the impact of populism and shrinking civic space on activism.
How Change Happens offers timely insights for anyone involved in social justice and policy change. It is available as open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence and can be read for free via Oxford Scholarship Online.
Product specifications
- Author: Dr Duncan Green (Senior Strategic Adviser, Oxfam)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication date: 2024-06-13
- Number of pages: 304
- ISBN: 9780198899952
- Topic: Development economics and emerging economies
- BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development
About the author
Dr Duncan Green is Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB and Professor in Practice International Development at the London School of Economics. He wrote How Change Happens and other influential works on international development and social change.