Advocacy for Social Justice: A Global Action and Reflection Guide by David Cohen, Rosa de la Vega and Gabrielle Watson (2001). Bloomfield CT: Kumarin Press, Inc., 346 pages. $49.95 US (paperback). ISBN 1-56549-131-9.
This comprehensive document is the result of the combined efforts of the Advocacy Institute and Oxfam America, partners in the Advocacy Learning Initiative (ALI). The authors acknowledge 18 individuals who wrote one or more sections of the Guide as well as many other collaborators. The first section deals with definitions: for example: "Advocacy is the pursuit of influencing outcomes--including public-policy and resource-allocation decisions within political, ...