{"product_id":"ghosts-of-organizations-past-dan-ryan-9781439912553","title":"Ghosts of Organizations Past: Communities of Organizations as Settings for Change","description":"In \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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439912556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439912553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016","brand":"Dan Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906766000383,"sku":"9781439912553","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1ba96d9-3135-4693-b4e5-d32cdf363fcb.jpg?v=1748771359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghosts-of-organizations-past-dan-ryan-9781439912553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}