Citizen Action and Other Big Ideas
Author | : David Bollier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Citizen suits (Civil procedure) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Bollier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Citizen suits (Civil procedure) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Gaventa |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2010-04-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781848133860 |
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 recently neglected. Today, there is growing recognition of the key role of champions of change inside national governments, and the potential of their engagement with citizen activists outside. These advances demand a better understanding of how national and local actors can combine approaches to simultaneously work the levers of change, and how their successes relate to actors and institutions at the international level. 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. They detail the dynamics and strategies that have led to the introduction, change or effective implementation of policies responding to a range of rights deficits. Drawing on influential social science theory about how political and social change occurs, the book brings new empirical insights to bear on it, both challenging and enriching current understandings.
Author | : Nancy Bowen |
Publisher | : Millbrook Press |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761323655 |
A biography of the consumer advocate who has devoted his life to crusading for citizens' rights, and who ran as the Green Party's presidential candidate in 2000.
Author | : Dave Eggers |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2018-09-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1452176337 |
"Obligatory reading for future informed citizens." —The New York Times "[This] charming book provides examples and sends the message that citizens aren't born but are made by actions taken to help others and the world they live in." –The Washington Post Empowering and timeless, What Can a Citizen Do? is the latest collaboration from the acclaimed duo behind the bestselling Her Right Foot: Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris. This is a book for today's youngest readers about what it means to be a citizen. This is a book about what citizenship—good citizenship—means to you, and to us all.
Author | : Citizen Action (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1985* |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jon Alexander |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-03-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781912454884 |
When businesses, charities and governments treat people as citizens, everything changes. We become equipped to face the big challenges of inequality, climate, pandemics and polarisation. So let's end the age of the consumer and begin the age of the citizen! With case studies from Kenya to Birmingham of inspiring individuals making a better future.
Author | : Michael Edwards |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2014-04-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1134205899 |
Civil society, or citizen's groups, have taken centre stage in international policy debates and global problem solving. They hold out the promise of a global community and global governance. This volume, by leading scholars and participants, shows how to understand the changes that are occurring, particularly in relation to the international institutions involved. It includes case studies from all the major social movements of the 1990s.
Author | : James Ostrowski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2010-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780974925349 |
The Liberty Movement had no plan for victory so veteran political consultant, tea party activist and libertarian author Jim Ostrowski created one. Direct Citizen Action is a concise strategy manual for those who want America to be a free country again. Ostrowski explains what you can do right now to restore American liberty. Hint: it's not voting for the lesser of two liars or writing a letter to your Congressman's waste paper basket.
Author | : Matthew Hilton |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2011-05-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0801461634 |
The history of consumerism is about much more than just shopping. Ever since the eighteenth century, citizen-consumers have protested against the abuses of the market by boycotting products and promoting fair instead of free trade. In recent decades, consumer activism has responded to the challenges of affluence by helping to guide consumers through an increasingly complex and alien marketplace. In doing so, it has challenged the very meaning of consumer society and tackled some of the key economic, social, and political issues associated with the era of globalization.In Prosperity for All, the first international history of consumer activism, Matthew Hilton shows that modern consumer advocacy reached the peak of its influence in the decades after World War II. Growing out of the product-testing activities of Consumer Reports and its international counterparts (including Which? in the United Kingdom, Que Choisir in France, and Test in Germany), consumerism evolved into a truly global social movement. Consumer unions, NGOs, and individual activists like Ralph Nader emerged in countries around the world—including developing countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America—concerned with creating a more equitable marketplace and articulating a politics of consumption that addressed the needs of both individuals and society as a whole.Consumer activists achieved many victories, from making cars safer to highlighting the dangers of using baby formula instead of breast milk in countries with no access to clean water. The 1980s saw a reversal in the consumer movement's fortunes, thanks in large part to the rise of an antiregulatory agenda both in the United States and internationally. In the process, the definition of consumerism changed, focusing more on choice than on access. As Hilton shows, this change reflects more broadly on the dilemmas we all face as consumers: Do we want more stuff and more prosperity for ourselves, or do we want others less fortunate to be able to enjoy the same opportunities and standard of living that we do?Prosperity for All makes clear that by abandoning a more idealistic vision for consumer society we reduce consumers to little more than shoppers, and we deny the vast majority of the world's population the fruits of affluence.
Author | : Stephanie D. Vance |
Publisher | : Columbia Books Incorporated Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Political participation |
ISBN | : 9781880873748 |
Ever wanted to make a difference for your world, for your country or for your neighborhood but werent sure how to get started? Feel a little intimidated at the idea of contacting an elected leader whether your city council member, your state legislator or a Member of Congress? Think its impossible to gain the attention of elected leaders without sending them a big campaign contribution? Well, think again. In Citizens in Action, Stephanie Vance, the Advocacy Guru, takes the controversial position that it is possible to get heard on the Hill, that not all politicians are corrupt (OK, a few are), and that citizens can get things done from Washington, D.C. to their city council. Vances tips and advice are helpful whether youre just getting started on an advocacy effort or have been trying to gain the attention of elected officials for years. This edition ships February 15, 2009.