Screen LibraryAdvocacy for social change : coalitions and the organizations that lead them /
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Solving social problems |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 253 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138563810 1138563811 9781138563797 113856379X |
| Index Number: | HV41 |
| CLC: | C913.7 |
| Call Number: | C913.7/R896 |
| Contents: | Advocating for the poor through state and national coalitions -- NCRC and the issues that emerge from defending the community reinvestment act -- NLIHC and issues on affordable housing for lower income -- Mobilization : building a foundation for coalition action -- The power of information and information as power -- The tools of coalition advocacy : working with the mass media to frame issues -- Techniques for influencing legislators and regulators -- Lobbying in person -- Legislative and regulatory agency hearings -- Other forms of political pressure -- What annual conferences accomplish -- Encounters with elected and regulatory officials at the national conference -- Reflections on the theory and models for coalition advocacy and suggestions for progressive activism. |