"DLP, Developmental Leadership Program ; Australian Aid ; Oxfam."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: A power and systems approach -- 1. Systems thinking changes everything -- 2. Power lies at the heart of change -- 3. Shifts in social norms often underpin change -- Case study : the Chiquitanos of Bolivia -- Part II: Institutions and the importance of history -- 4. How states evolve -- 5. The machinery of law -- 6. Accountability, political parties, and the media -- 7. How the international system shapes change -- 8. Transnational corporations as drivers and targets of change -- Case study : the December 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change -- Part III: What activists can (and can't) do -- 9. Citizen activism and civil society -- 10. Leaders and leadership -- 11. The power of advocacy -- Part IV: Pulling it all together -- 12. A power and systems approach to making change happen.

"Drawing on the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world's largest social justice INGOs, this book tests ideas on 'How Change Happens' and sets out the latest thinking on how citizens and others can drive progressive change"--Publisher's description.