Principles of Social Change

by Leonard A. Jason

Book Overview

The efforts of social activists and mental health professionals to institute population-level social change, such as reducing poverty, building better schools, and establishing more effective substance abuse programs, often fail. They tend to focus on individuals and not real-life community conditions; they fail to take into account stakeholders' efforts to maintain the status quo; and they do not develop concrete strategies to build coalitions to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199841853
• ISBN13: 9780199841851
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"