{"product_id":"ghosts-of-organizations-past-communities-of-organizations-as-settings-for-change-paperback-softback-9781439912553","title":"Ghosts of Organizations Past; Communities of Organizations As Settings for Change (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439912553","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGhosts of Organizations Past\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCommunities of Organizations As Settings for Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDan Ryan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439912553\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 June 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGhosts of Organizations Past\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Ryan asks, “Why are urban communities such hard places to implement community improvement programs?” Looking at New Haven, Connecticut, and a now-defunct program called Fighting Back, which was created to build community coalitions against the abuse of alcohol and other drugs, Ryan shows how the normal properties of organizations generate apparent pathologies. He shows how the “ghosts,” or artifacts, of past organizations, both inhibited and enhanced Fighting Back's chances of success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ryan draws on concepts from the study of organizations, social capital, and social networks to re-think questions such as “What kind of thing is a community?” and “Why is it so difficult to build community initiatives out of organizations?” He provides a social organizational explanation for problems familiar to anyone who has been involved in community programs, issues that are usually understood as personal incompetence, turf wars, greed, or corruption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts of Organizations Past\u003c\/i\u003e describes the challenges of using organizations to create change in places in dire need of it.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart I \/ From Opportunity to Disaster (and Back Again)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1 The Ghosts of Organizations Past\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart II \/ Disaster and Opportunity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2 From Disaster to Opportunity \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3 From Opportunity to Disaster\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart III \/ Communities and Organizations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4 What Kind of Thing Is Community?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5 What Kind of Thing Is an Organization?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6 Doing Things with Organizations in Communities\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart IV \/ Organizing Organizations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7 Doing Things with Organizations: The Cost of Organizational Diversity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8 Doing Things with Organizations: The Cost of System\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9 Networks of Garbage Cans: The Amplification of Irrationality\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10 Networks and Calendar Noise\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart V \/ Social Organizational Junkyards\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11 Community as Organizational Junkyard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12 Why Can’\u003cbr\u003et Organizations Be Like Us?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584913109272,"sku":"9781439912553","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ghosts-of-organizations-past-communities-of-organizations-as-settings-for-change-paperback-softback-9781439912553","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}