Social Systems Theory

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    • How to Harness Connection, Context, and Power to Cultivate Deep and Enduring Change
    • By: Cynthia Rayner, Francois Bonnici
    • Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The issues of poverty, inequality, racial injustice, and climate change have never been more pressing or paralyzing. Current approaches to social change, which rely on linear thinking and traditional power dynamics to "solve" social problems, are not helping....

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    • A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
    • By: David Peter Stroh
    • Narrated by: Tia Rider
    • Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed....

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    • The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
    • By: Jonathan A. Rodden
    • Narrated by: Mike Lenz
    • Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 07-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Find out....

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    • An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State
    • By: Eric Laursen, Maia Ramnath - foreword
    • Narrated by: Bea Flowers
    • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 12-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • One of the most unique aspects of anarchism as a political philosophy is that it seeks to abolish the state. But what exactly is “the state”? The State is like a vast operating system for ordering and controlling relations among human society, the economy, and the natural world....

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    • Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
    • By: Steven Brill
    • Narrated by: Dan Woren
    • Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 681 ratings
    • America’s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill’s acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing—and failing to change—the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry....

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    • Unlock Vagus Nerve’s Healing Power by Improving Your Vagal Tone With Self-Help Exercises to Relieve Stress, Anxiety and Depression – Autonomic Nervous System & Polyvagal Theory
    • By: Jeremy Young
    • Narrated by: Aries Studio
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 84 ratings
    • Emotions, affect regulation, and interpersonal social behavior are psychological processes that define how people react to events, environmental difficulties, and other people....

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    • From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies
    • By: Otto Scharmer, Katrin Kaeufer
    • Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd
    • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 10-28-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs. Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer ask, why do we collectively create results nobody wants? Find out....

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    • From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
    • By: Moises Naim
    • Narrated by: Matt Kugler
    • Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • Power is shifting - from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose....

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    • The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election
    • By: Jeffrey Toobin
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 118 ratings
    • Jeffrey Toobin is the ideal writer to distill the events of the 36 anxiety-filled days that culminated in one of the most stunning Supreme Court decisions in history....

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    • Complexity Made Simple: The Theory and Practice of Strategic Planning, Problem Solving, and Creating Lasting Results
    • By: Zoe McKey
    • Narrated by: Anna Doyle
    • Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 05-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • Apply systems thinking in your problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning without the need to become a technical professional. Think in Systems is a concise information manual offering high-level problem-solving methods for personal and global issues....

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    • When Politics Worked
    • By: Chris Matthews
    • Narrated by: Chris Matthews
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 178 ratings
    • This is a firsthand, one-of-a-kind story of the friendship between President Reagan and the Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill....

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    • By: Astra Taylor
    • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
    • Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 06-30-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, and yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of plutocrats in the White House to gerrymandering, it is clear that the principle of government by and for the people is not living up to its promise....

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    • Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future
    • By: Orly Lobel
    • Narrated by: Dominique Dibbell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can harness to achieve equality and a better future....

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    • How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and What We Can Do About It
    • By: Nancy Fraser
    • Narrated by: Kate Udall
    • Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • A trenchant look at contemporary capitalism's insatiable appetite—and a rallying cry for everyone who wants to stop it from devouring our world....

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    • Essays on a Failing System
    • By: Wolfgang Streeck
    • Narrated by: David Skulski
    • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 07-23-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • After years of ill health, capitalism is now in a critical condition. Growth has given way to stagnation; inequality is leading to instability; and confidence in the money economy has all but evaporated....

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    • By: Jay Stevenson
    • Narrated by: Sally Scott
    • Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 02-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Socrates' admonition that "the unexamined life is not worth living" still resonates with many people, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy is a great introduction to that mental exercise. Jay Stevenson skillfully covers the subject both historically and topically....

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    • How the Supreme Court Came to Run on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
    • By: Leah Litman
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 05-13-25
    • Language: English
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    • Something is deeply rotten at the Supreme Court. How did we get here and what can we do about it? Crooked Media podcast host Leah Litman shines a light on the unabashed lawlessness embraced by conservative Supreme Court justices and shows us how to fight back.

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    • Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System
    • By: Philip Kotler
    • Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
    • Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 04-07-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • With a piercing clarity, Philip Kotler explains 14 major problems undermining capitalism, including: persistent poverty....

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    • A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics
    • By: Jane Jacobs
    • Narrated by: Kate Rudd
    • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-22
    • Language: English
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    • In Systems of Survival, Jane Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes—one governing commerce, the other politics—and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide....

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    • By: Nathan Coppedge
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
    • Release date: 03-27-24
    • Language: English
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    • So far the author is not a well-known scientist. Nonetheless, he has been able to attract occasional interest to his books on scientific topics, ...

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