Book Reviews - Articles

Review: The Next Form of Democracy

Review By Mike Rotkin

Decision making is becoming more communal.

Summer 2007

Review: Building Wealth

Review By Marc J. Lane

Building Wealth: The New Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems

Summer 2006

Review: The Foundation vs. Great Philanthropic Mistakes

Review By Rick Cohen

Some books ought to be read as pairs. Joel L. Fleishman’s and Martin Morse Wooster’s recent offerings are such a duo, offering sometimes diametrically opposed perspectives on philanthropic successes and failures.

Review: A Gift of Freedom

Review By Bruce Sievers

How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.

Spring 2006

Review: The Market for Virtue

Review By David Vogel

The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility.

Review: The Big Moo

Review By Alan R. Andreasen

Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable.

Review: What Matters Most

Review By Sheila Kaplan

The authors offer an inside view of corporate social responsibility at work.

Review: Random Family

Review By Anitra Lynn Waller

Waller offers an intimate exposé of crime and drugs in the inner city.

Review: Third Sector Development

Review By Jacob Harold

Nonprofits are still sorely needed in the US.

Review: Good to Great and the Social Sectors

Review By Robert Gertner

Lessons for becoming the best can translate from companies to social organizations.