LEADER 03272nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910458865903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84813-832-6 010 $a1-84277-548-0 010 $a1-282-57931-2 010 $a9786612579318 010 $a1-84813-387-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019033 035 $a(EBL)530471 035 $a(OCoLC)630542519 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000414093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12138393 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10385128 035 $a(PQKB)11649847 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC530471 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL530471 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10384057 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL257931 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019033 100 $a20100615d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCitizen action and national policy reform$b[electronic resource] $emaking change happen /$fedited by John Gaventa and Rosemary McGee 210 $aLondon $cZed Books$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 225 1 $aClaiming Citizenship 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84813-386-3 311 $a1-84813-385-5 327 $aAbout 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? 327 $a7 - 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 330 $aHow does citizen activism win changes in national policy? Which factors help to make myriad efforts by diverse actors add up to reform? What is needed to overcome setbacks, and to consolidate the smaller victories? These questions need answers. Aid agencies have invested heavily in supporting civil society organizations as change agents in fledgling and established democracies alike. Evidence gathered by donors, NGOs and academics demonstrates how advocacy and campaigning can reconfigure power relations and transform governance structures at the local and gloabal levels. In the rush to go glob 410 0$aClaiming Citizenship 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aCivil rights 606 $aCitizenship 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aCivil rights. 615 0$aCitizenship. 676 $a323.042 701 $aGaventa$b John$f1949-$0129187 701 $aMcGee$b Rosemary$0146710 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458865903321 996 $aCitizen action and national policy reform$92101742 997 $aUNINA