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New Strategies for Social Innovation [electronic resource] : Market-Based Approaches for Assisting the Poor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (343 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780231537384 (electronic bk.)
  • 0231537387 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New Strategies for Social Innovation.DDC classification:
  • 658.408 22
LOC classification:
  • HD60 .A384 2014
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Contents:
Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction to Market-Oriented Social Development Approaches; 2. Developing Social Change Models; 3. Corporate Social Responsibility; 4. Social Entrepreneurship; 5. Private Sustainable Development; 6. Fair Trade; 7. Market-Based Social Change Models: Reflections on Strengths, Limitations, and Directions for Social Change Advocates; Notes; References; Index
Summary: Market-based development strategies designed to help the world's poor receive significant support from advocates, academics, governments, and the media, yet frequently the perceived success of these programs rests on carefully selected examples and one-sided, enthusiastic accounts. In practice, these approaches are often poorly defined and executed, with little balanced, comparative analysis of their true strengths and weaknesses. This book is the first to assess emerging market-based social change approaches comparatively, focusing specifically on social entrepreneurship, corporate soci.
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Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction to Market-Oriented Social Development Approaches; 2. Developing Social Change Models; 3. Corporate Social Responsibility; 4. Social Entrepreneurship; 5. Private Sustainable Development; 6. Fair Trade; 7. Market-Based Social Change Models: Reflections on Strengths, Limitations, and Directions for Social Change Advocates; Notes; References; Index

Market-based development strategies designed to help the world's poor receive significant support from advocates, academics, governments, and the media, yet frequently the perceived success of these programs rests on carefully selected examples and one-sided, enthusiastic accounts. In practice, these approaches are often poorly defined and executed, with little balanced, comparative analysis of their true strengths and weaknesses. This book is the first to assess emerging market-based social change approaches comparatively, focusing specifically on social entrepreneurship, corporate soci.

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