Barry Knight is a social scientist and statistician, and visiting professor at the University of Staffordshire, UK. He advises the Global Fund for Community Foundations, serves on the board of Compass, and writes a regular column in Alliance Magazine. He has published several books on topics such as poverty, civil society, community development, and democracy, including Rethinking Poverty: What makes a good society?, as well as articles on economic development, crime and delinquency, family policy, children’s services, peacebuilding, voluntary action, civil society, and philanthropy.

• Chapter 1. People can change history.- Chapter 2. The failure of the progressive story.- Chapter 3.  Telling a new story.- Chapter 4. The Changemakers.- Chapter 5. The emerging story.- Chapter 6. Come dancing with systems.- Chapter 7. Action.