Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism by Waal, Alex de

Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781783602728)

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Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism by Waal, Alex de

Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism

$30.95
Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism by Waal, Alex de

Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism

$30.95
Format: Paperback
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Conflicts in Africa, Asia and Latin America have become a common focus of advocacy by Western celebrities and NGOs. This provocative volume delves into the realities of these efforts, which have often involved compromising on integrity in pursuit of profile and influence.

Examining the methods used by Western advocates, how they relate to campaigns in the countries concerned, and their impact, expert authors evaluate the successes and failures of past advocacy campaigns and offer constructive criticism of current efforts. Taking in a range of high-profile case studies, including campaigns for democracy in Burma and Latin America, for the rights of Palestinians in Gaza, and opposing the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, the authors challenge the assumptions set forth by advocacy organizations.

Author: Alex de Waal
ISBN-10: 1783602724
ISBN-13: 9781783602728
Publisher: Zed Books
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2015
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
By Alex de Waal
By Alex de Waal
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Alex de Waal is executive director of the World Peace Foundation and a research professor at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He is considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, and his scholarship and practice have also probed humanitarian crisis and response, human rights, HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa, and conflict and peace-building. He was a member of the African Union mediation team for Darfur (2005-06) and senior adviser to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan (2009-11). He was on the list of Foreign Policy's 100 most influential public intellectuals in 2008 and Atlantic Monthly's 27 'brave thinkers' in 2009.
Alex de Waal is executive director of the World Peace Foundation and a research professor at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He is considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, and his scholarship and practice have also probed humanitarian crisis and response, human rights, HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa, and conflict and peace-building. He was a member of the African Union mediation team for Darfur (2005-06) and senior adviser to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan (2009-11). He was on the list of Foreign Policy's 100 most influential public intellectuals in 2008 and Atlantic Monthly's 27 'brave thinkers' in 2009.

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