mimi10v3Institutions seen at human scale: medicine, migration, activism, education, rural craft, polarization, and the informal rules by which communities reproduce or change themselves.
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
About the bookIn this collection of essays, surgeon Atul Gawande examines the gap between medical knowledge and actual patient outcomes, arguing that the quality of care is often determined by the sy…
8/10Humans : SocietyFactory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
About the bookFactory Girls follows two young women as they leave their rural villages to work in the assembly lines of Dongguan, a manufacturing hub in China's Pearl River Delta. Through their eyes,…
7/10Humans : SocietyStriking at the Roots
About the bookThe book 'Striking at the Roots' by Mark Hawthorne (2008) is a nonfiction work focused on animal rights and activism. However, the provided source data contains no Open Library synopsis…
6/10Humans : SocietyHow to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
About the bookDavid Bornstein profiles a diverse group of individuals who apply entrepreneurial principles to social problems, arguing that these 'social entrepreneurs' drive change with the same cre…
