See Articles & Papers or Tools
for Training
A
New Weave of Power, People & Politics: The Action Guide
for Advocacy and Citizen Participation
The
product of many years of work with organizations around the
world, A New Weave of Power, People
& Politics takes a holistic
and innovative approach to citizen participation and advocacy.
It provides tools, analytical frameworks, concepts and a selection
of workshop and planning designs to help groups think and act
strategically in contexts of shifting power dynamics.
A New
Weave has
been translated into Russian and is currently being translated
into Spanish and Bahasa Indonesian. Click
here to read a recent review of the book by John Ruthrauff,
of Oxfam America.
Making
Change Happen: Advocacy and Citizen Participation
Product
of an intensive dialogue on the changing political context for
social change work among 50 activists, policy analysts, and
researchers from around the world.
JASS
also co-edited the spring edition of PLA-Notes (IIED, UK) on
advocacy and citizen participation with the Institute for Development
Studies (IDS). This special edition builds
on discussions at the Making
Change Happen
conference and highlights cases and
experiences of the symposium
participants.
Such approaches to advocacy and
citizen participation are
becoming increasingly important for civil society groups as
more attention is paid both to popular participation in decision
making and in holding those in power accountable.
PLA Notes provides a forum for practitioners
of participatory methodologies from around the world to share
their field experiences, conceptual reflections and methodological
innovations. To order a copy of PLA Notes 43: Advocacy and
Citizen Participation for USD$ 18, please visit www.earthprint.com.
If you are interested in bulk copies and rates, please contact
The International Institute for Environment and Development
(IIED) at www.iied.org or
by email at info@iied.org.
Articles
& Papers
REPORT:
2003 World Social Forum Workshop:
"A Dialogue for Building
Movement Solidarity for Economic Justice, Peace, and Women's Rights".
SEEING
EYE TO EYE? InterAction Member Agencies and World Bank Staff Assess
their Operational Collaboration and Policy Engagement for Poverty
Reduction and Sustainable Development by Darcy Ashman,
2003
Grassroots
Movements as Transnational Actors: Implications for Global Civil
Society by Srilatha Batliwala, 2002
ADDRESSING
FINANCIAL STABILITY: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Transational
Women's Rights Organizations by Cindy Clark, 2002
POLITICAL
CONSCIOUSNESS: A PERPETUAL QUEST
by Valerie Miller, 2002
WHAT
IS SUCCESS? Measuring and Evaluating the Impact of Social Justice
Advocacy and Citizen Organizing Strategies by
Valerie Miller and Lisa VeneKlasen, 2002.
Contribution to the
Global Human Rights Education listserv on
"CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION" by
Valerie Miller, August 12, 2002.
THE
CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY-BUILDING: Practical Lessons on NGO Advocacy
and Political Change
by Lisa VeneKlasen, 1996 (introduction only)
NGO
AND GRASSROOTS POLICY INFLUENCE: WHAT IS SUCCESS? by
Valerie Miller, 1994
WOMEN'S
LEGAL RIGHTS ORGANIZING AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN AFRICA
by Lisa VeneKlasen, 1992 (introduction
only)
Tools
for Training
* New! The online release of the second in our series, Making Change Happen. Read and use the two-part case study of India's peasant- and worker-led Right to Information Campaign,
connecting livelihood struggles with rights advocacy.
Case Study Section I
Case Study Section II
Global Economy Definitions
Elements of a Trade Union Strategy
Politics
of Knowledge in Advocacy
Tips
for Planning Advocacy
Tools
for Analyzing Power
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