Book Excerpts | Civic Engagement
Winning Marriage
The inside story of how same-sex couples took on the politicians and pundits - and won.
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Excerpts of top books on social innovation
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Book Excerpts | Global Issues
The Resilience Dividend
In The Resilience Dividend, Judith Rodin addresses how individuals, communities, and organizations have built resilience in the aftermath of disasters, and why resilience is an urgent socio-economic issue.
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Book Excerpts | Global Issues
Soar: How Boys Learn, Succeed, and Develop Character
Soar: How Boys Learn, Succeed, and Develop Character is the story of the Eagle Academy and of the joys and challenges in educating and serving at-risk boys as they become young men.
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Book Excerpts | Impact Investing
The Impact Investor
The Impact Investor offers precise practices and suggestions for impactful investing from various experiences.
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Book Excerpts | Business
Smartcuts
Smartcuts analyzes the smart shortcuts various successful people take via "lateral thinking" so that all workers and thinkers can be encouraged to work smarter.
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Book Excerpts | Energy
Cheap and Clean
Cheap and Clean explores how, more than anything else, beliefs about the costs and environmental harms associated with certain fuels drive opinions about energy and climate change policy.
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Book Excerpts | Nonprofits
Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact
Connecting to Change the World explores common network design issues in-depth and provides advice on how to handle them.
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Book Excerpts | Social Enterprise
Profit and Purpose: How Social Innovation is Transforming Business for Good
Profit and Purpose: How Social Innovation is Transforming Business for Good is a look at how social entrepreneurs have used business models to change the world.
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Book Excerpts | Government
Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America
Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America offers a sweeping look at political and economic divisions in American politics over the past century.
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Book Excerpts | Health
The Reciprocity Advantage: A New Way to Partner for Innovation and Growth
The Reciprocity Advantage: A New Way to Partner for Innovation and Growth offers lessons on using the competitive advantage of reciprocity to capitalize on partnerships and anticipate future disruptions.