Confronting Power : : The Practice of Policy Advocacy /

Confronting Power : : The Practice of Policy Advocacy / / Jeff Unsicker.

A grassroots citizens' group in Peru stops a multinational firm from digging a mine in the middle of town. The research director of a think tank in Ghana helps convince the government to establish a national AIDS commission. An international NGO plays a key role in getting funding for climate-c...

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VerfasserIn:
Unsicker, Jeff ,
MitwirkendeR:
Friedman, Kim,
Hafiza, Sheepa,
Kote-Nikoi, Nikoi,
Olortegui, Rosa Maria,
Watson, Gabrielle,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2012]
Kumarian Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Conceptual Maps
  • Case A A Small Town in Peru Battles a Multinational Mining Corporation
  • 3 Advocacy Circles: Basic Elements
  • Case B Vermonters Advocate to Close a Nuclear Power Reactor
  • 4 Advocacy Circles: Intersections
  • Part TWO
  • Case C BRAC Advocacy Unit, Bangladesh: What Next?
  • 5 Advocates: Building Capacity
  • Case C. Conclusion BRAC Advocacy Unit
  • Case D. Research and Advocacy for a Ghana AIDS Commission
  • 6 Policy: Problems, Causes, and Solutions
  • Case D. Conclusion: Research and Advocacy for a Ghana AIDS Commission
  • Case E Oxfam America Climate Change Campaign: Political Mapping
  • 7 Politics: Formal and Nonformal Power
  • Case E. Conclusion: Oxfam America: Political Mapping
  • Case F Safe Power Vermont Coalition: Phase Two of Advocacy to Close the Nuclear Reactor
  • 8 Strategy People Power and Other Methods
  • Case F. Conclusion Safe Power Vermont: Phase Two
  • Case G Kids Are Priority One Coalition: Framing the Message
  • 9 Advocacy Communications (Re)framing and Storytelling
  • Case G Conclusion: Kids Are Priority One: Framing
  • Case H Oxfam America Climate Change Campaign: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • 10 Advocacy Evaluation and Learning
  • Case H Conclusion Oxfam America: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • About the Author and Coauthors
  • Index

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