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Advocacy in conflict : critical perspectives on transnational activism / general editor, Alex de Waal.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, UK : Zed Books 2015Description: 288 pagesISBN:
  • 9781783602728:
  • 1783602724
  • 1783602732
  • 9781783602735
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.26
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
Summary: An essential and highly critical analysis of how Western advocacy impacts conflict-ridden countries.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 361.26 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 79591
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 361.26 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 79592

CW068

"Nothing for us without us"--Cover.

CW017

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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

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