Somebody should do something how anyone can help create social change
A novel and scientific approach to creating transformative social change -- and the surprising ways that each of us can help make a real difference. Changing the world is difficult. One reason is that the most important problems, like climate change, racism, and poverty, are structural. They emerge...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Somebody should do something : |b how anyone can help create social change / |c Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a How anyone can help create social change |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge, Massachusetts : |b The MIT Press, |c [2025] | |
| 300 | |a vi, 342 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Note to the Reader - Introduction -- Part I : The Problem of Either/Or Thinking About Social Change -- Chapter 1 : You Do You : The Misdirected Individualist History of Climate Activism -- Chapter 2 : Structural Injustice : Why Conversations About Racism Become Conversations About Real Estate -- Chapter 3 : Change Against the Machine : Structural Change in the Public Mind -- Part II : A Better Picture of Social Change -- Chapter 4 : Hidden Histories of Social Change : People Who Change Systems That Change People -- Chapter 5 : Unlearning the Habit of Racism -- Chapter 6 : A Both/And Picture of People -- Chapter 7 : We Are Each Other's Situation -- Chapter 8 : Cascades, Loops, and Tipping Points -- Part III : Putting It into Practice -- Chapter 9 : Social Movements and Structural Change -- Chapter 10 : Lighting the Spark : Social Identity, Collective Action, and Making a Difference -- Chapter 11 : Building the Blaze : Coalitional Politics for Interdependent Individuals12 Facing the Fire : Understanding the Social World in a Both/And Way -- Chapter 13 : Keeping the Fire Going : The Gloriously Unsexy Work of Implementing and Sustaining Change -- Chapter 14 : Fighting from Where You Stand : Finding Your Role in Social Change -- Conclusion : Time Doesn't Tell ; We Tell Time | |
| 520 | |a A novel and scientific approach to creating transformative social change -- and the surprising ways that each of us can help make a real difference. Changing the world is difficult. One reason is that the most important problems, like climate change, racism, and poverty, are structural. They emerge from our collective practices : laws, economies, history, culture, norms, and built environments. The dilemma is that there is no way to make structural change without individual people making different -- more structure-facing -- decisions. In Somebody Should Do Something, Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly show us how we can connect our personal choices to structural change and why individual choices matter, though not in the way people usually think. The authors paint a new picture of how social change happens, arguing that our most powerful personal choices are those that springboard us into working together with others -- warehouse worker Chris Smalls's unionization at Amazon is one powerful example. Taking inspiration from the writer Bill McKibben, they stress how one "important thing an individual can do is be somewhat less of an individual." Organized into three main parts, the book first diagnoses the problem of "either/or" thinking about social change, which stems from the false choice of making better personal choices or changing the system. Then it offers a different way to think about social change, anchored in a new picture of human nature emerging across the social sciences. Finally, the authors explore ways of putting this picture into practice. Neither a how-to manual nor an activist's guide, Somebody Should Do Something pairs stories with science (plus some jokes) to help readers recognize their own power, turning resignation about climate change and racial injustice into actions that transform the world. -- Provided by publisher. | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a "An argument that "individual action vs. structural change" is not a zero sum game, as is often portrayed in the popular media, but is symbiotic and can be successfully navigated"-- |c Provided by publisher. | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Kelly, Daniel R. |q (Daniel Ryan), |e author. | |
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