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(10)

Academic / Philosophy / Psychology / Agnotology / Cultural Anthropology

The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

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3.Learning & Envisioning(87)

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

Child Poverty: Rethinking Inequality in Japan

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Education and Social Stratification: Academic Records, Schools, and Inequality from the ESSM National Survey

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4.Practice(7)

Organization / Resilience / Nudge / Learning Organization

De la démocratie en Amérique (Democracy in America)

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Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy

Referenced in ISVD research articles.

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