{"product_id":"9780307588494","title":"Citizen You: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing the World","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eTisch, Jonathan; Weber, Karl; Booker, Cory\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrown\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/3\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eJust when the world needs it most, a new style of social engagement  is emerging: Active Citizenship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA key member of one of New York’s  most civic-minded families—one that has supported many of America’s  notable institutions and deserving programs—Jonathan Tisch has devoted a lifetime to “active citizenship.” It’s an idea that uses the power of practical creativity and grassroots participation to solve seemingly intractable problems. In \u003ci\u003eCitizen You\u003c\/i\u003e, Tisch challenges readers to join this movement and points the way toward making our world a better place, one person and one neighborhood at a time. \u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003eTisch has filled \u003ci\u003eCitizen You\u003c\/i\u003e with accounts of people who you’ll meet, such inspirational individuals as: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott Harrison, who has used the networking and marketing skills he developed as a night club promoter  to help over a million people in the developing world get access for the first time to clean, safe drinking water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteffi Coplan, whose Broadway2Broadway project brought  out the hidden musical talents of kids at an inner city school.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric Schwarz, who decided to do something about America’s under-performing schools, and parlayed a single classroom mentoring project into the nationwide Citizens Schools movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris Swan, who is training a new generation of “citizen engineers” to make sure that the projects they build aren’t just structurally sound but also environmentally and socially sustainable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDave Nelson, who traded his role as an executive at IBM for a job at a struggling nonprofit that teaches kids about the power of entrepreneurship—and discovered a host of new challenges and rewards in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough these and many other remarkable stories, you’ll learn how today’s active citizens are  transforming thinking about social change. Rather than short-term fixes and hand-me-down charity, they’re striving to build sustainable, systemic solutions to our most challenging problems, building and empowering communities rather than fostering dependency.  And they’re using a host of new tools, from online networking and private-public partnerships to corporate engagement and social entrepreneurship, to redefine how change can happen. \u003ci\u003eCitizen You\u003c\/i\u003e is a potent antidote to pessimism. At a time of unprecedented challenges on the national and world stage, when active citizenship is not a choice but a necessity, \u003ci\u003eCitizen You\u003c\/i\u003e dares us to reshape the social, political, and intellectual structures that have long confined us, and offers fresh thinking that redefines the very concept of activism. For more information and ideas about how to be an active citizen go to www.citizenyou.org","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43365510742271,"sku":"9780307588494","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780307588494_s600x595.jpg?v=1775584438","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780307588494","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}