Organising for change: social change makers and social change organisations

Roth, Silke and Saunders, Clare (2023) Organising for change: social change makers and social change organisations (Organizations and Activism), Bristol University Press, 272pp.

Abstract

This book introduces the concepts of social change organisations (SCOs) that bring about and resist social change through protest, advocacy, and service provision and the individual social change makers (SCMs) engaged in them. It stresses the importance of a historical and constructivist approach, which recognises how SCOs and SCMs shape each other, as well as are shaped by and shape broader social change processes. Organizing for Change examines the strategies of SCOs and what resources they must mobilise to pursue their goals. The book considers collaborative, competitive and conflictual relationships between SCOs and the legislative, cultural, and biographical outcomes of their activities. Organizing for Change contributes to the study of social movement, non-governmental, and not-for profit organisations and discusses a wide range of social justice issues including gender, labour, environmental justice, and humanitarianism. The book draws on the original research on SCOs addressing a wide range of causes and issues that the authors have carried out over the past 30 years in the UK, the US, Europe and globally employing a range of qualitative and quantitative methods.

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Author: Silke Roth

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