Format:
1 Online-Ressource (240 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781848133877
Series Statement:
Claiming Citizenship
Content:
This book brings together eight studies of successful cases of citizen activism for national policy changes in South Africa, Morocco, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Turkey, India and the Philippines
Content:
Intro -- About the series -- About the editors -- Tables -- Table 1.1 Assessing campaign 'success' -- Table 3.1 State-society mobilizations and interaction in land reform implementation -- Table 7.1 Configuration of civil and political society and its impact on CMP processes -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- 1 | Introduction: making change happen - citizen action and national policy reform -- Project and case study background -- Participation and national policy change: citizen 'voice' or collective action? -- Political opportunities: spaces for collective action towards policy change -- Mobilizing structures: actors, networks and coalitions -- Framing the issue: mobilizing strategies and managing contentiousness -- The problem of 'success' -- Table 1.1 Assessing campaign 'success' -- Implications for current debates and practice -- Notes -- References -- 2 | Gaining comprehensive AIDS treatment in South Africa: the extraordinary 'ordinary' -- The Treatment Action Campaign: structure and governance -- A brief biography of the campaign -- Speaking to power: the political context -- The politics of enhanced possibility -- So this is winning? Evaluating impact -- Conclusion: more than we thought, less than we hoped? -- Notes -- References -- 3 | Redistributing land in the Philippines: social movements and state reformers -- Historical context of land reform -- The bibingka strategy: mobilizations 'from below' meet reformist initiatives 'from above' -- Fading state reformism in the post-Garilao era -- Conclusion -- Table 3.1 State-society mobilizations and interaction in land reform implementation -- Notes -- References -- 4 | Reducing maternal mortality in Mexico: building vertical alliances for change -- The context of maternal mortality in Mexico -- Evolution of the campaign -- Accomplishments and lessons learned
Content:
Conclusion: opportunities for citizen engagement? -- People interviewed during the research -- Notes -- References -- 5 | Protecting the child in Chile: civil society and the state -- Milestones in the realization of children's rights, 1990-2006 -- The policy context: social and economic backdrop -- The political context: social actors in the democratic transition period -- Government and NGO relations -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 6 | Winning the right to information in India: is knowledge power? -- The national campaign: a brief history -- Analysing success -- Limitations and challenges -- Notes -- References -- 7 | Democratizing urban policy in Brazil: participation and the right to the city -- Social movements, constitution-making and legal change in Brazil -- National civil society, lobbying and the emergence of urban law: between the local and the national -- The implementation of the Statute of the City: an analysis of three cases -- Table 7.1 Configuration of civil and political society and its impact on CMP processes -- Conclusion: national civil society and urban reform in Brazil -- Notes -- References -- 8 | Winning women's rights in Morocco: cultural adaptations and Islamic family law -- A history of the Moudawana -- Leveraging shifting political opportunities -- The strategic use of alliances -- Framing the debate: rewriting gender equality through a cultural lens -- A flexible and adaptable campaign -- Significance of the changes -- Implications -- Notes -- References -- 9 | Re/forming laws to secure women's rights in Turkey: the campaign on the Penal Code -- The historical and political context: women and civil society in Turkey -- The issue: the construction of gender and sexuality in the Turkish Penal Code of 1926 -- The campaign: Penal Code reform from a gender perspective, 2002-04 -- Setback: a political earthquake
Content:
Inching forward: the campaign expands -- A turning point: should a woman marry her rapist? -- Backlash: the religious right initiates an attack -- Broadening the struggle: an international dimension -- Mobilizing the masses: 'Our bodies and sexuality belong to ourselves' -- Conclusions: how did the campaign succeed? -- Notes -- References -- About the contributors -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848133860
Additional Edition:
Print version Naciri, Rabéa Citizen Action and National Policy Reform : Making Change Happen London : Zed Books,c2010 ISBN 9781848133860
Language:
English
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