Persuading Local Government: How to Organize and Implement Effective Advocacy Campaigns

ISBN-13: 9781032191669 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str.

Herbert J. Rubin

Opis

Based on interviews with mayors, together with documentary evidence, analyses of public meetings, and the author’s own experience of advocacy, this book provides a guide to becoming an empowered citizen, giving advice on how to achieve success when advocating with local government. 

Spis treści

Section I: The Importance of Citizen Advocacy  1. You Do Count: Influencing Local Government  2. Stirring the Pot: Case Studies of Citizen Activism in Local Government  3. Knowing Who is in Charge and What They Think: Targeting an Advocacy Message  Section II: Preparation  4. Beginning the Battle: Preparing for an Advocacy Campaign  5. Considerations Before Advocating: Reflecting on Your Own Role  6. The Road Map to Success: Understanding How Decisions Get Made and Whom to Persuade  7. You Are a Researcher: Obtaining and Interpreting Background Information  8. Hidden Treasurers in City Records: Information from and about the City  Section III: Understanding How Policies and Decisions Come About  9. The Road Map You Need: Understanding the Structure of Local Governments  10. The Route Taken: Paths of Decision for Municipal Policies  Section IV: Working on and Presenting Your Message  11. The Rules of the Game: What Happens at the Different Venues at Which You Advocate  12. Being an Orator: Thinking How to Structure What You Will Say  13. Getting to the Telling Point: Advice About Wording Your Advocacy Message  14. Poignant Phrases: Ways of Wording Oral and Written Presentations  Concluding Thoughts  15. Empowered Citizens: Concluding Thoughts on Being an Advocate

O autorze

Herbert J. Rubin is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Northern Illinois University, USA. He is the author of Advocacy for Social Change: Coalitions and the Organizations That Lead Them and Renewing Hope within Neighborhoods of Despair: The Community-Based Development Model, and the co-author of Community Organizing and Development. He has served on and chaired numerous city committees and frequently advocates with city hall.