Mending the World provides a blueprint for making a difference in the intractable social issues that exist today. It presents the compelling drama of thirteen stories of people on the firing lines in countries in Africa , Europe, Scandinavia, as well as Brazil, Cambodia, North of Ireland, and the USA . The cases involve diverse real world issues, such as AIDS reduction, poverty, political conflict, natural disasters, and dilemmas in supporting the aged. The stories are framed by the editors with theory and historical data, and offer the hope of effective change using Gestalt principles and methods. In these complex issues, you need unique skills to bring people together to work toward a common solution, and to empower yourselves to influence people with positional power, Mending the World shows how use of these skills leads to high-impact outcomes. Table of Contents Lukensmeyer, Creating Democratic Spaces: Citizen Engagement and Large Systems Change in Post-Katarina New Orleans. Johnston, Mwelwa, Making the HIV/AIDS Problem Visible in Cambodia. Meulmeester, My Home Is My Castle: The Use of the Getalt Approach in Changing the Culture of a Nursing Home Organization in The Netherlands. |
