Advocacy in conflict : critical perspectives on transnational activism / edited by Alex de Waal with Jennifer Ambrose, Casey Hogle, Trisha Taneja and Keren Yohannes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Waal, Alex, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social action.

Mass media and social service.

Non-governmental organizations--Case studies.

Non-governmental organizations.

Political activists--Case studies.

Political activists.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

301 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Zed Books, 2015.

Summary:

An essential and highly critical analysis of how Western advocacy impacts conflict-ridden countries.

Contents:

Introduction : Transnational Advocacy in Contention / Jennifer Ambrose, Casey Hogle, Trisha Taneja and Keren Yohannes

Genealogies of Transnational Activism / Alex de Waal

Burma's Struggle for Democracy: A Critical Appraisal / Maung Zarni with Trisha Taneja

The Janus Face of International Activism and Guatemala's Indigenous Peoples / Roddy Brett

Advocacy Delegitimized: The convoluted Case of Gaza / Anat Biletzki

Conflict Minerals in Congo: The Consequences of Oversimplification / Laura Seay

'Make him Famous' The Single Conflict Narrative of Kony and Kony2012 / Mareike Schomerus

Getting Away with Mass Murder: The SPLA and Its American Lobbies / Alex de Waal

From Whose Perspective Anyway? The Quest for African Disability Rights Activism / Tsitsi Chataika, Maria Berghs, Abraham Mateta and Kudzai Shava

Activism and the Arms Trade: Exposing the Shadow World / Andrew Feinstein and Alex de Waal

A Right to Land? Activism against Land Grabbing in Africa / Rachel Ibreck

Conclusion : Reclaiming Activism / Casey Hogle, Trisha Taneja, Keren Yohannes and Jennifer Ambrose

About the contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1783602732

9781783602735

9781783602728

1783602724

OCLC:

908127837