Title Agents of change : strategy and tactics for social innovation / Sanderijn Cels, Jorrit de Jong, and Frans Nauta

Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations Series Innovative governance in the 21st century Innovative governance in the 21st century. Contents pt. 1. Chess masters and acrobats -- pt. II. Frontline innovations -- pt. III. Innovations in governance -- pt. IV. Conclusion Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Social policy. Social change. Organizational change. Social problems. Social planning. Diffusion of innovations -- Social aspects Public administration. Public Policy Organizational Innovation Social Problems Social Planning public policy. social issues. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration. Diffusion of innovations -- Social aspects Organizational change Public administration Social change Social planning Social policy Social problems Form Electronic book Author Jong, Jorrit de, author. Nauta, Frans, author. ISBN 9780815722632 081572263X

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