Recommended Books

A curated selection of books useful for solving social issues and managing NPOs.

1.Measuring & Communicating(1)

Impact Assessment / Logic Model / Data Literacy / Statistical Analysis

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

A freely available foundational guide to program evaluation frameworks, covering the logic model approach essential for grant applications and program assessment.

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2.Deep Dive(9)

Academic / Philosophy / Psychology / Agnotology / Cultural Anthropology

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Referenced in ISVD research articles.

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Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance

Robert N. Proctor, Londa Schiebinger (eds.)

A foundational anthology of agnotology — the study of ignorance — examining how the tobacco industry manufactured scientific doubt and how climate change denial emerged from deliberate knowledge suppression.

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3.Learning & Envisioning(75)

Social Structure / Question Design / Loneliness & Isolation / Urban Environment / Education

The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

Referenced in ISVD research articles.

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Work-Oriented Design of Computer Artifacts

Referenced in ISVD research articles.

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4.Practice(7)

Organization / Resilience / Nudge / Learning Organization

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Robert D. Putnam

By Robert D. Putnam. Published by Simon & Schuster. Referenced in ISVD research articles.

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Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy

Referenced in ISVD research articles.

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