| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 226 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Claiming citizenship
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Claiming citizenship.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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? |
| Contents |
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? |
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7 -- Democratizing urban policy in Brazil: participation and the right to the city; 8 -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political participation -- Case studies.
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Political participation -- Case studies. |
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Political participation. |
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Social action.
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Social action. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Gaventa, John, 1949-
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McGee, Rosemary.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Citizen action and national policy reform. London : Zed, 2010 9781848133853 (OCoLC)489636505 |
| ISBN |
9781848133877 (electronic book) |
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1848133871 (electronic book) |
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1848133855 (hardback) |
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9781848133853 (hardback) |
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1848133863 (paperback) |
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9781848133860 (paperback) |
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9781848133853 |
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9781848133860 |
| Standard No. |
9786612579318 |
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