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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, UK : Zed Books, 2015Description: 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781783602735
  • 1783602732
  • 9781783602728
  • 1783602724
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 361.2/6 23
LOC classification:
  • HV553 .A386 2015
Other classification:
  • 71.38
Online resources:
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.
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"Nothing for us without us"--Cover.

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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