How to change the world

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"What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are, writes David Bornstein, the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up - and remake the world for the better." "How to Change the World tells the stories of these individuals - many in the United States, others in countries from Brazil to Hungary - providing an In Search of Excellence for the nonprofit sector. In America, one man, J.B. Schramm, has helped thousands of low-income high school students get into college. In South Africa, one woman, Veronica Khosa, developed a home-based care model for AIDS patients that changed government health policy. In Brazil, Fabio Rosa helped bring electricity to hundreds of thousands of remote rural residents. Another American, James Grant, is credited with saving 25 million lives by leading and "marketing" a global campaign for immunization. Yet another, Bill Drayton, created a pioneering foundation, Ashoka, that has funded and supported these social entrepreneurs and over a thousand like them, leveraging the power of their ideas across the globe."--Jacket.

subjects: Social Marketing,  Social Welfare,  Nonprofit-Bereich,  Entwicklung,  Bem-estar social,  Social reformers,  Sociale problemen,  Entrepreneurship,  Réformateurs sociaux,  Gesellschaft,  Serviço social,  Gemeinwirtschaftliches Unternehmen,  Gemeinwohl,  Cas, Études de,  Social action,  Problemas sociais,  Sociale hervormingen,  Estudo de caso,  Service social,  Social Change,  Case studies,  Soziales Engagement,  Action sociale,  Social service,  Ação social,  Case Reports,  Soziale Dienstleistung,  Rôle social,  Services sociaux,  Chefs d'entreprise,  Protection de l'environnement,  Organisations non lucratives,  Sozialer Wandel,  Unternehmensgründung,  Etudes de cas,  Aide aux défavorisés,  Bereitstellung,  Reformers,  Études de cas,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Public Policy,  Social Services & Welfare,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Human Services,  Social action--case studies,  Social service--case studies,  Social reformers--case studies,  Hn18 .b6363 2007,  361.2