Overview

This field manual provides a well-tested approach for promoting citizen participation. It breaks down the traditional boxes separating human rights, rule of law, development, and governance, and reconnects them in order to create an integrated approach to rights-based political empowerment. A New Weave of Power, People & Politics combines concrete and practical 'action steps' with a sound theoretical foundation to help users understand the process of advocacy planning and implementation. This is an 'Action Guide' that builds on the authors' 50 years of combined experience in advocacy, gender, human rights, popular education, and social change. These collective experiences were gathered in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and North America, and they range from participatory research and community development, to neighbourhood organizing and legal rights education, to large-scale campaign advocacy. It delves more deeply into questions of citizenship, constituency-building, social change, gender, and accountability.

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Author:   Lisa VeneKlasen (Executive Director, Just Associates) ,  Valerie Miller (Senior Advisor, Just Associates)
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781788532181

ISBN 10:   178853218
Pages:   362
Publication Date:   31 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING POLITICS Chapter 1: Politics and Advocacy Chapter 2: Democracy and Citizenship Chapter 3: Power and Empowerment Chapter 4: Constructing Empowering Strategies PART TWO: PLANNING ADVOCACY Chapter 5: The Basics of Planning for Citizen-Centered Advocacy Chapter 6: Planning Moment #1 - Looking Inward Chapter 7: Planning Moment #2 - Understanding the Big Picture Chapter 8: Planning Moment #3 - Identifying and Defining Problems Chapter 9: Planning Moment #4 - Analyzing Problems & Selecting Priority Issues Chapter 10: Planning Moment #5 - Mapping Advocacy Strategies Chapter 11: Finding Policy Hooks and Political Angles Chapter 12: Forces, Friends, and Foes PART THREE: DOING ADVOCACY Chapter 13: Messages and Media - Educating and Persuading Chapter 14: Outreach and Mobilization Chapter 15: Maneuvering on the Inside: Lobbying and Negotiating Chapter 16: Advocacy Leadership Chapter 17: Alliances and Coalitions ANNEXES

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Lisa VeneKlasen is Executive Director & Co-Founder of Just Associates, an international advocacy and learning organization. She has worked closely with dozens of NGOs, social movements and grassroots groups on people-centered advocacy and advocacy training. She has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Dr Valerie Miller is Senior Advisor & Co-Founder of Just Associates. She was formerly Policy Advocacy Director at Oxfam America and Director of Policy and Exchange Programs at the Institute for Development Research. She has a doctorate in adult education.

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