How Change Happens by Duncan Green: A Critical Review

Abstract

Duncan Green’s How Change Happens (Green, 2016) stands as a refreshingly candid meditation on the complexities of social transformation. Green, Oxfam’s senior strategic adviser, bridges the gap between academic theory and on-the-ground activism (Chambers, 1997; Eyben, 2014), drawing on decades of experience in advocacy and development programming to rethink how organizations, activists, and policymakers should approach social change.