Book Reviews Reviews of new and notable titles

Organizations … Again!

Reviewed By Bob Hinings

Organization theorist Henry Mintzberg offers a mixed bag of old and new ideas on organizational structures in his latest book.

Summer 2023

The Future of Elite Giving

Reviewed By Maribel Morey

The coauthors of For-Profit Philanthropy recommend policies to reestablish the public’s trust in philanthropy—but did it ever exist?

Spring 2023

People Behave Badly

Reviewed By Susan Dwyer 1

We learn a great deal about how people are complicit in wrongdoing from Max H. Bazerman’s Complicit. But we are left wondering why.

Spring 2023

Housing Density for Whom?

Reviewed By Asher Kohn

Max Holleran’s Yes to the City examines millennials’ demands for more housing and a new road map for urban growth.

Winter 2023

Radically Inclusive Changemaking and Its Limits

Reviewed By Alberto Alemanno

Alex Budak’s Becoming a Changemaker expands an already expansive concept, yet his argument reinforces the hero myth that still dominates social innovation.

Winter 2023