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Nonprofit Sector
Overview -> Public Policy
Lobbying for
Social Change, 2nd Edition
William C. Richan (Haworth Press, 1996)
Outlines the basic steps grassroots activists must take to
exert pressure on politicians and bring about change in public
policy. The author, a professor emeritus at Temple University
and a teacher of workshops on social welfare and lobbying,
provides step-by-step advice on setting an agenda, understanding
policy makers, and arguing one’s case. He explains how
to lobby one on one, sketching profiles of real-life lawmakers
and what they are willing to hear, and covers how to testify
before a committee and how to use the news media to further
a cause. He also gives examples of successful advocacy, such
as a campaign by homeowners in Niagara Falls, New York, that
resulted in the toxic waste removal program Superfund. New
to this edition, which updates the 1991 original, are two
chapters that begin the book: a commentary on how the frustrations
of the middle and working classes have led to a distrust of
government, and an analysis of how new information technologies
are changing politics. Softcover, 362 pages, $19.95
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