Eighteen papers explore the concept of hope and the power of social imagination, focusing on coordinating people, resources, energies, inspirations, and aspirations to help create new systems for the future. Papers discuss the possible workings of hope and its implications for organizing; hope in the context of critical accounts of organization and organizing; an empirically grounded alternative to the dominant modes of production and consumption; the role of organizational behavior; discourses present in contemporary work life; the role of capitalist organizations in providing hope for the betterment of society; the Anthropocene in relation to the mythical stories of Prometheus and Pandora's box; alternative organizing; deconstructing, and rejecting our current conceptions of hope and organization; three nongovernmental organizations and their role in local communities; nation-state democracies dealing with social injustices and environmental destruction; using democratic citizenship education for transformative learning; "technology of the commune"; how imagination and creativity contribute to developing inclusive cities and communities; inspiration and hopefulness found in street performances in Poland; dialogic imagination versus linearity in organizing; affirmative work awareness and hope; and Southend Credit Union's assistance of marginalized people.Ericsson is Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University.Kostera is Professor and Chair in Management at Jagiellonian University and Professor in Management and Organization at Soedertoern University. Index.
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