Agents of change [[electronic resource] ] : strategy and tactics for social innovation / / Sanderijn Cels, Jorrit de Jong, and Frans Nauta

• Autore: Cels Sanderijn <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3
• Soggetto topico: Social policy; Social change; Organizational change; Social problems; Social planning; Diffusion of innovations - Social aspects; Public administration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JongJorrit de NautaFrans
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Chess masters and acrobats -- pt. II. Frontline innovations -- pt. III. Innovations in governance -- pt. IV. Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: While governments around the world struggle to maintain service levels amid fiscal crises, social innovators are improving social outcomes for citizens by changing the system from within. In Agents of Change, three cutting-edge thinkers and entrepreneurs present case studies of social innovation that have led to significant social change. Drawing on original empirical research in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands, they examine how ordinary people accomplishedextraordinary results.Sanderijn Cels, Jorrit de Jong, and Frans Nauta offer livel
• Titolo autorizzato: Agents of change
• ISBN: 1-283-64640-4; 0-8157-2263-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462557103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Innovative governance in the 21st century.