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What is the author's main reason for focusing on personal and small group biography?
What is the author's main reason for focusing on personal and small group biography?
Why does the author believe large institutions such as modern governments and major corporations are slow to adapt to local and urgent challenges?
Why does the author believe large institutions such as modern governments and major corporations are slow to adapt to local and urgent challenges?
According to the author, what is the way forward in urgently challenging times?
According to the author, what is the way forward in urgently challenging times?
What does the author believe is the starting point for understanding and enacting social change?
What does the author believe is the starting point for understanding and enacting social change?
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Why does the author emphasize a 'bottom-up' and 'grassroots' approach to authority?
Why does the author emphasize a 'bottom-up' and 'grassroots' approach to authority?
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According to the author, why is understanding biography in relation to the social crucial for social and eco-entrepreneurship?
According to the author, why is understanding biography in relation to the social crucial for social and eco-entrepreneurship?
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The author emphasizes a 'top-down' and 'bureaucratic' approach to authority.
The author emphasizes a 'top-down' and 'bureaucratic' approach to authority.
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According to the author, large institutions like modern governments and major corporations are quick to adapt to local and urgent challenges.
According to the author, large institutions like modern governments and major corporations are quick to adapt to local and urgent challenges.
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The way forward in urgently challenging times is through visionary, agile, resourceful, and innovative 'top-down' versions of authority.
The way forward in urgently challenging times is through visionary, agile, resourceful, and innovative 'top-down' versions of authority.
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Human well-being is entirely relational according to the author.
Human well-being is entirely relational according to the author.
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The author claims that a biographically oriented sociological imagination is irrelevant for bringing about positive social and environmental change.
The author claims that a biographically oriented sociological imagination is irrelevant for bringing about positive social and environmental change.
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According to the author, understanding personal stories can reveal the shared stories and fates of others in society.
According to the author, understanding personal stories can reveal the shared stories and fates of others in society.
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