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

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Publication InfoLondon, UK : Zed Books, 2015.
Description301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Other author/creatorDe Waal, Alex.
Other author/creatorAmbrose, Jennifer.
Other author/creatorHogle, Casey.
Other author/creatorTaneja, Trisha.
Other author/creatorYohannes, Keren.
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.
Abstract An essential and highly critical analysis of how Western advocacy impacts conflict-ridden countries.
General note"Nothing for us without us"--Cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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