Activism and the Policy Process by Anna Yeatman

Activism and the Policy Process by Anna Yeatman

Activists - protecting rainforests, demanding increased childcare, developing local community housing, campaigning for AIDS funding or protecting consumers - are as much part of the political landscape as the media, parliament, peak industry groups, political parties or trade unions. This collection explores the idea of policy activism and its relationship to the processes that not only set but implement and deliver the policy agenda.

Policy activists operate both inside and outside government. They include community-based organisers, activist bureaucrats, service providers and professionals.

Policy activism has been barely explored in existing literature. This collection puts the idea on the map. It is an innovative contribution to the literature, using case studies across a broad range of policy areas.

'This volume opens the window on an aspect of the policy process that rarely receives attention from students of politics or policy anywhere across the globe. The framework presented and the cases included in these pages provide a glimpse of the workings of a complex democracy, describing a range of actors responding creatively to the dynamics of social, political and economic change. It is fascinating to see how policy functions and social values appear to be more important to these processes than the formal structures of the government in which they are placed.' - Beryl A. Radin, Professor of Public Administration and Policy, State University of New York at Albany

Anna Yeatman is professor and director of the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy, University of Western Sydney. She is a political and social theorist who has also practical experience in public policy. Magdalena Zolkos is research fellow in political theory at the Center for Citizenship and Public Policy, University of Western Sydney. She has published on issues of reconciliation, collective trauma, community and testimony.

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ISBN 13	9781864487046
ISBN 10	1864487046
Title	Activism and the Policy Process
Author	Anna Yeatman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Year published	1998-11-01
Number of pages	280
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