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Beat the System: A Way to Create More Human Environments Ever wonder how culture determines nearly every aspect of the human condition? Not only does this book reveal the power of culture, but it also offers a practical, systematic approach to creating supportive community and organizational cultures. Beat the System provides a cultural analysis of a broad range of concerns from environmental care, to violence, to education, to the vitality of families. This book reveals how cultural obstacles prevent us from achieving lasting and desired change. Five case studies illustrate the Normative Systems Culture Change Process as it has been applied to juvenile delinquency, migrancy, litter and bureaucracy. Appendices include a listing of more than 100 culture change project applications as well as a "Cultural Norm Indicator for Families" and a "Cultural Norm Indicator for Organizations."
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| Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Becoming Free in an Unfree World Understanding Cultural Influences The Power of Norms Not by Accident Alone Individual Destruction Institutional Failure The Culture Trap Cultural Obstacles to Change A False Dichotomy and the Incongruent Culture The Fulcrum: It Doesn't Have to Be that Way It Takes a System to Beat a System Openning the Culture Trap |
Knowing Where You are and Where You're Going |