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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458865903321

Titolo

Citizen action and national policy reform [[electronic resource] ] : making change happen / / edited by John Gaventa and Rosemary McGee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Zed Books, 2010

ISBN

1-84813-832-6

1-84277-548-0

1-282-57931-2

9786612579318

1-84813-387-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Claiming Citizenship

Altri autori (Persone)

GaventaJohn <1949->

McGeeRosemary

Disciplina

323.042

Soggetti

Human rights

Civil rights

Citizenship

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

About the series; About the editors; Tables; Abbreviations; Foreword; 1 - Introduction: making change happen - citizen action and national policy reform; 2 - Gaining comprehensive AIDS treatment in South Africa: the extraordinary 'ordinary'; 3 - Redistributing land in the Philippines: social movements and state reformers; 4 - Reducing maternal mortality in Mexico: building vertical alliances for change; 5 - Protecting the child in Chile: civil society and the state; 6 - Winning the right to information in India: is knowledge power?

7 - Democratizing urban policy in Brazil: participation and the right to the city8 - Winning women's rights in Morocco: cultural adaptations and Islamic family law; 9 - Re/forming laws to secure women's rights in Turkey: the campaign on the Penal Code; About the contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 gloabal levels. In the rush to go glob