Book Reviews

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Book Reviews | Civic Engagement

Exiting the Fast Lane

Social entrepreneur Sascha Haselmayer argues for slowness as the most effective method for creating lasting social change.

Fall 2023

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Book Reviews | Government

System Error

Reviewed By Perla Ni

In Recoding America, Barack Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer argues that the success of government policies requires better implementation of digital services for the public.

Fall 2023

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Book Reviews | Human Rights

Poverty Persists Because of Us

Reviewed By Lydia Burleson 1

In Poverty, by America, sociologist Matthew Desmond argues that America’s welfare state doesn’t help those who need it the most.

Summer 2023

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Book Reviews | Organizational Development

Organizations … Again!

Reviewed By Bob Hinings

Organization theorist Henry Mintzberg offers a mixed bag of old and new ideas on organizational structures in his latest book.

Summer 2023

Review

Book Reviews | Philanthropy & Funding

The Future of Elite Giving

Reviewed By Maribel Morey

The coauthors of For-Profit Philanthropy recommend policies to reestablish the public’s trust in philanthropy—but did it ever exist?

Spring 2023

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Book Reviews | Arts & Culture

People Behave Badly

Reviewed By Susan Dwyer 1

We learn a great deal about how people are complicit in wrongdoing from Max H. Bazerman’s Complicit. But we are left wondering why.

Spring 2023

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Book Reviews | Civic Engagement

Housing Density for Whom?

Reviewed By Asher Kohn

Max Holleran’s Yes to the City examines millennials’ demands for more housing and a new road map for urban growth.

Winter 2023

Review

Book Reviews | Leadership

Radically Inclusive Changemaking and Its Limits

Reviewed By Alberto Alemanno

Alex Budak’s Becoming a Changemaker expands an already expansive concept, yet his argument reinforces the hero myth that still dominates social innovation.

Winter 2023