Research Catalog

Title

A new weave of power, people, and politics : the action guide for advocacy and citizen participation / Lisa VeneKlasen with Valerie Miller ; co-editors, Debbie Budlender and Cindy Clark.

Author

VeneKlasen, Lisa.

Publication

Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, U.K : Practical Action Pub., c2007.

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Additional Authors

• Miller, Valerie
• Budlender, Debbie
• Clark, Cindy.

Description

xiii, 346 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Alternative Title

New weave of power, people, & politics

Subject

• Pressure groups
• Representative government and representation > Citizen participation

Note

• "First edition published in 2002 by World Neighbors"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-346).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. Understanding politics -- Ch. 1. Politics and advocacy -- Ch. 2. Democracy and citizenship -- Ch. 3. Power and empowerment -- Ch. 4. Constructing empowering strategies -- Pt. 2. Planning advocacy -- Ch. 5. The basics of planning for citizen-centered advocacy -- Ch. 6. Planning moment #1 -- looking inward -- Ch. 7. Planning moment #2 -- understanding the big picture -- Ch. 8. Planning moment #3 -- identifying and defining problems -- Ch. 9. Planning moment #4 -- analyzing problems selecting priority issues -- Ch. 10. Planning moment #5 -- mapping advocacy strategies -- Ch. 11. Finding policy hooks and political angles -- Ch. 12. Forces, friends, and foes -- Pt. 3. Doing advocacy -- Ch. 13. Messages and media -- educating and persuading -- Ch. 14. Outreach and mobilization -- Ch. 15. Maneuvering on the inside : lobbying and negotiating -- Ch. 16. Advocacy leadership -- Ch. 17. Alliances and coalitions -- Annex 1. Additional tips for planners and trainers -- Annex 2. Understanding power -- Annex 3. Bibliography.

ISBN

• 9781853396441
• 1853396443

OCLC

• 144522601
• SCSB-10450664

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library