Organizing for Change : Social Change Organizations and Social Change Makers.

Organizing for Change : Social Change Organizations and Social Change Makers.

Based on decades of research, this book explores global social change processes through the concepts of social change organisations (SCOs) and social change makers (SCMs) - the individuals working within and alongside SCOs.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roth, Silke
Other Authors: Saunders, Clare
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2024.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Series page
  • Organising for Change: Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • List of figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Beyond protest to actions and interactions
  • Our key concepts
  • Organising for change
  • Why our book matters
  • ICT, crises, and the persisting importance of SCOs
  • Multi-pronged approaches to social change
  • The on-going relevance of our argument
  • Relevance for social change makers
  • Overview of the book
  • A note on our positionalities
  • 1 What Are Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations?
  • Introducing social change makers
  • Introducing social change organisations
  • Varieties of SCO
  • Non-governmental organisations
  • Third sector organisations
  • Social movement organisations
  • Understanding the intersections of different SCOs
  • Varieties of involvement in social change organisations
  • Conclusions
  • 2 The Big Picture: Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations in Historically Variable Contexts
  • Historically variable contexts
  • SCOs in historical perspective: three threads
  • Thread one: from colonisation to Black Lives Matter
  • Thread two: from socialism to neo-liberalism
  • Thread three: from fascism to right-wing movements
  • Conclusions
  • 3 Ways of Making Change
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  • Tactics, strategies, and repertoires
  • Spheres of action: ways of classifying tactics
  • Exploring tactics through the lens of causes
  • Protest
  • Violent protest manifestations and non-violent uprisings
  • Non-violent non-systemic protest manifestations
  • Advocacy and lobbying
  • Service provision and knowledge production
  • Conclusions
  • 4 No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Sources and Consequences of Resource Choices
  • Material and non-material resources: concepts and definitions
  • Different tactics, different resource needs
  • The sources of SCOs' financial resources
  • The consequences of obtaining resources
  • Accountability
  • Professionalisation
  • The accountability consequences of professionalisation
  • Other consequences of resource mobilisation
  • ICT and social media as game changers
  • Conclusions
  • 5 People Making Change
  • Recruitment into social change organisations
  • Pull factors for SCM recruitment
  • Push factors into SCM recruitment
  • ICT and online recruitment as push and pull factors
  • Variations of involvement in social change organisations
  • Identities of social change makers
  • Personal sustainability and (avoiding) burnout
  • Professionalisation
  • Conclusions
  • 6 Collaboration, Competition and Conflict
  • Intersectionality, organisational ecology, institutional isomorphism
  • Collaboration
  • Coalition building
  • Competition
  • Conflict
  • Conflicts among potential allies
  • Conflicts between opposed SCOs
  • Conclusions

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