John Hammock co-authors book for “Practical Idealists”

Pardee Center Fellow Prof. John Hammock has just co-authored Practical Idealists: Changing the World and Getting Paid (with Alissa Wilson and Ann Barham, published by the Harvard University Press, 2008).

Prof. John Hammock is a Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, an Associate Professor of Public Policy at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the North American Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. He also works with the secretariat of the Human Development Capability Association, which is housed at the Boston Univeristy Pardee Center.

The book’s author’s ask the question “Can you work for a better world without taking a vow of poverty?” Their answer is a resounding, “Yes!”

This book draws on interviews with over forty practical idealists whose stories will inspire the reader and provide tools for making the choices necessary to succeed as a practical idealist. Through examples and exercises, Practical Idealists: Changing the World and Getting Paid explores how to clarify your values and passions, gain relevant skills, find work, use college and graduate school effectively, manage finances, and build a community of support. Practical idealists understand that personal change and social change are connected. They know that choices matter. This book will help you make the choices that matter and live your life as a practical idealist.

Prof. John Hammock’s co-author, Alissa Wilson is a Policy Associate with the American Friends Service Committee. Ann Barham is an independent scholar living in Cambridge.