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Citizen Action and National Policy Reform: Making Change Happen
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Paperback. This book brings together eight studies of successful cases of citizen activism for national policy changes in South Africa, Morocco, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Turkey, India and the Philippines. Editor(s): Gaventa, John; McGee, Rosemary. Series: Claiming Citizenship. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
How does citizen activism win changes in national policy? Which factors help to make myriad efforts by diverse actors add up to reform? What is needed to overcome setbacks, and to consolidate the smaller victories? These questions need answers. Aid agencies have invested heavily in supporting civil society organizations as change agents in fledgling and established democracies alike. Evidence gathered by donors, NGOs and academics demonstrates how advocacy and campaigning can reconfigure power relations and transform governance structures at the local and global levels. In the rush to go global or stay local, however, the national policy sphere was ... Read more
How does citizen activism win changes in national policy? Which factors help to make myriad efforts by diverse actors add up to reform? What is needed to overcome setbacks, and to consolidate the smaller victories? These questions need answers. Aid agencies have invested heavily in supporting civil society organizations as change agents in fledgling and established democracies alike. Evidence gathered by donors, NGOs and academics demonstrates how advocacy and campaigning can reconfigure power relations and transform governance structures at the local and global levels. In the rush to go global or stay local, however, the national policy sphere was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Claiming Citizenship
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848133860
SKU
V9781848133860
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About Unknown
John Gaventa is a Research Professor and Fellow in the Participation, Power and Social Change Team at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. A political sociologist by training, he has written widely on issues of power, citizen action, participation and democracy, including the award winning Power and Powerlessness in an Appalachian Valley (1980) and Global Citizen Action (2001). ... Read more
Reviews for Citizen Action and National Policy Reform: Making Change Happen
'Gaventa and McGee offer ideas, inspiration and hope to activists everywhere. Indispensable.' Duncan McGreen, Oxfam House 'The editors bring together a remarkably diverse array of highly original case studies, capped off with a compelling and accessible analytical synthesis of lessons learned.' Jonathan Fox, author of Accountability Politics: Power and Voice in Rural Mexico 'This book provides reasons to ... Read more