TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Waal,Alex
AU  - Ambrose,Jennifer
AU  - Hogle,Casey
AU  - Taneja,Trisha
AU  - Yohannes,Keren
TI  - Advocacy in conflict: critical perspectives on transnational activism 
SN  - 9781783602735
AV  - HV553 .A386 2015
U1  - 361.2/6 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London, UK
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Social action
KW  - Mass media and social service
KW  - Non-governmental organizations
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Political activists
KW  - 71.38 social movements
KW  - bcl
KW  - fast
N1  - "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
N2  - An essential and highly critical analysis of how Western advocacy impacts conflict-ridden countries
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ER  -