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Modern Organizational Wisdom: Theory and Practice (The Practical Wisdom in Leadership and Organization Series)
by Agata PierścieniakModern Organizational Wisdom: Theory and Practice presents a fresh perspective on knowledge management processes, exploring how employee expertise transforms into practical solutions for organizational challenges. This innovative concept, grounded in the scientific achievements of organizational learning and absorptive capacity, sheds new light on converting knowledge into action. The book introduces a procedure that links key knowledge management concepts, streamlining their understanding and simplifying their application. This approach makes complex phenomena more accessible and practical for professionals. In the theoretical section, the book outlines a straightforward model of Modern Organizational Wisdom (MOW), which consists of a knowledge-to-solution transformation process complemented by a set of organizational competencies essential to its success. Including these competencies as an integral component of MOW represents a groundbreaking approach to this subject. The practical section bridges theory with real-world applications, offering insights into how these phenomena manifest in business practice. Readers will discover the drivers that foster MOW and the obstacles that hinder its development. With its accessible language and innovative take on organizational wisdom, this book inspires researchers in knowledge and strategic management and is a valuable resource for practitioners. It helps leaders understand how their employees’ knowledge can fuel business growth and success.
Sustainability Education for Children and Young People: Educating for the Environmental Crisis
by Carla Solvason Geoffrey Elliott Nicola Watson Elena LengthornThis seminal volume responds to the pressing need to prepare all children and young people for a sustainable future in light of the climate crisis, providing clear and accessible information and strategies on how to fully embed sustainability into pedagogy and supporting current and future educators.This book explores key environmental issues before exploring a range of pedagogies, each grounded in hope and exemplifying the principles of inclusion, empowerment, agency and social justice. Chapters explore major themes such as climate migration and displacement, climate activism, nature connectedness, sustainable leadership and eco‑anxiety to offer practical, scalable pedagogies that connect with the natural world. Designed to channel climate anxieties into energy for a reinvigorated, sustainable future of education, this book encourages an accessible and considered approach to classroom practice. Featuring contributions from wealth of international experts in the field, the volume ultimately provides a valuable resource for educators and students of education in all phases to develop the confidence to take an active lead in shaping education to help ensure a sustainable future.This book will appeal to educators, policymakers and researchers in environmental and sustainability education, teacher education, social justice education and educational leadership. Curriculum designers as well as those working across primary, secondary and higher education will also find the volume of interest.
Emotional Intelligence in the Digital Era: Concepts, Frameworks, and Applications (Advances in Computational Collective Intelligence)
by Anita Gehlot Sachin Gupta Pronaya Bhattacharya Pushan Kumar Dutta Shafali Kashyap Rita KarmakarWith research perspectives on elements of psychology and technology, Emotional Intelligence in the Digital Era: Concepts, Frameworks, and Applications provides insight into the intersection of emotional intelligence and digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). It explains how technology has the potential to enhance emotional intelligence and promote positive psychological outcomes. It also discusses the role of technology in facilitating social connections that support mental health and promote self-reflection and personal growth.The main themes explored in the book revolve around understanding human psychology in the context of digital technology in the post-pandemic environment. The book delves into how emotional intelligence plays a crucial role in adapting to virtual environments. It also examines how AI and other digital technologies can enhance engagement and effectiveness. Emphasizing the need for a balanced approach to integrating technology in the field of psychology, the book highlights the potential benefits of technology in promoting emotional intelligence and positive psychological outcomes while also acknowledging the potential risks and ethical considerations associated with its use.Covering such aspects of human psychology as cognitive and emotional processing, personality, motivation, and decision-making, the book discusses the role of technology in improving human psychological perspectives and emotional intelligence, especially within a post-pandemic context. It also examines the use of virtual reality, teletherapy, and other digital tools in mental health interventions. Written for researchers, academics, and mental health professionals, the book is a deep dive into research investigating human psychology, emotional intelligence, and technology.
Magical Tourism and Enchanting Geographies: Storytelling, Heritage, Fantasy, and Folklore (Routledge Insights in Tourism Series)
by Jane Lovell Nitasha SharmaThis book explores the events, attractions, and places that comprise magical tourism. It showcases magical storytelling, ecologies, realities, entities, belief systems, cultural heritage, and rituals leading to spiritual, otherworldly, enchanting, mindful, interconnected, green, and dark experiences.The volume offers the reader insights into the exciting, popular new tourism trend of magical tourism and its over-arching attributes and tropes. Chapters feature a number of case studies and discussions including the history of magical travel, studies of affect, witch festivals, the rights of mythical animals, folkloric beasts, unmappable places that seem to retreat and slide sideways, multi-layered place folklore and mythology, portals, nexuses of meaning, fayres, festivals, identities, and cos-play. This volume addresses the challenges of sustainable futures, green heritages, commercialisation, representation, inclusion, accessibility, community ownership, magical events, beliefs, and practices and asks if there is a magical turn in research.The book is highly relevant to those with expertise and interest in geography, tourism, hospitality and events studies, marketing, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, and heritage and cultural studies.
Rediscovering Humanitarianism: Using Secular and Religious Histories to Provide New Understandings of Refugee Resettlement (Routledge Studies in Religion)
by Jessica StrojaThis book provides a new approach to understanding the histories of refugee resettlement and their relevance for contemporary emergencies. By drawing on histories of faith-based humanitarianism from 1917 to the present, it explores how faith-based organisations have engaged with refugee aid and the efforts of other secular humanitarian movements.These understandings of humanitarianism and refugee resettlement are developed through the lens of faith-based histories and intersections with secular humanitarian movements. The book uses these histories to understand trends in humanitarian development and interactions between multiple organisations that have held ongoing roles in refugee emergencies. Exploring interactions between these organisations provides new ways of understanding humanitarianism and trends in the delivery of refugee aid. As the number of refugees requiring assistance continues to increase globally, understanding trends in this historical development has never been more important.This gives new ways to understand the provision of refugee aid via a broad spectrum of organisations rather than groups from separate “categories” acting in isolation. Despite the frequent marginalisation of faith-based organisations, the book shows they have reframed humanitarian efforts. This provides researchers, policy makers and practitioners with new ways to approach this challenge and the historical development of refugee aid.
The British Royals in Popular Culture: From the Tudors to the Windsors (Routledge Advances in Popular Culture Studies)
by Jo Coghlan Lisa J. Hackett Huw NolanThe British Royals in Popular Culture examines the intricate relationship between the monarchy and popular culture from the Tudors to the Windsors, illustrating how the institution has persistently adapted to maintain its symbolic, psychological, and theatrical significance over centuries. It underscores the intrigue and authority of the British royals, revealing the fine balance between public visibility and the maintenance of mystique that has been pivotal to their enduring presence.Popular culture is a powerful lens through which to view the monarchy. As cultural industries have shifted over time, so too has the portrayal of the royals. The British royal family has continually navigated the complexities of celebrity culture. Through curated public appearances and carefully staged ceremonies, the royals have maintained their iconic status, bolstering the monarchy’s enduring appeal and cultural significance, while maintaining a mystique essential for ongoing fascination. With the death of Elizabeth II and the coronation of Charles III, this book emphasizes a renewed global interest in assessing how royals occupy cultural and social spaces. It invites readers to critically examine why in a contemporary world, where many sovereigns live largely out of the public eye, the British royals remain a captivating subject of public gaze.Ultimately, this book highlights how the British royal family has evolved through popular culture, transforming from a historical institution into a global brand. By unpacking the fantasy and reality of the monarchy, it reveals how the royals navigate their roles, maintain their influence, and continually engage with society. In examining how they are fashioned and perceived through various cultural dimensions – from media to fashion, and weddings to state occasions – the text paints a comprehensive portrait of how the British monarchy has persisted through ongoing reinvention and adaptation.
Postcolonial Theory and the Making of Hindu Nationalism: The Wages of Unreason (Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series)
by Meera NandaThis book tells the story of two strange bedfellows, the Postcolonial Left and the Hindu Right.It argues that the Postcolonial Left’s relentless attacks on the “epistemic violence” of Western norms of rationality and modernity are providing the conceptual vocabulary for the Hindu Right’s project of “decolonizing the Hindu mind.” The postcolonial project of “provincializing Europe” is widely shared by the Hindu Right, and harks back to the Hindu revivalist movements of the nineteenth century. This book argues that postcolonial thought in India bears a strong family resemblance, in context and content, with the “conservative revolution” that brought down the Weimar Repbulic in Germany before the Nazi takeover.Both an intellectual history of India through the last half-century and a critical engagement with postcolonial theory, this book will be of interest to scholars of South Asia and the humanities and social sciences at large.
The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Literature and Illness (Routledge Introductions to Canadian Literature)
by Jessica Duffin WolfeThe Routledge Introduction to Canadian Literature and Illness considers the key literary and historical frameworks for reading stories about sickness. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, this book analyzes narrative depictions of major epidemics, disastrous injuries, mental and maternal health, medical assistance in dying, and the curative effects of decolonization. This accessible and engaging guide illustrates how illness, encompassing states of physical and mental disorder, injury, and disruption, provides structure and focus to many of the most significant works of English narrative published in Canada. Giving distinct consideration to Indigenous authors who may or may not identify as Canadian and whose representations of illness reflect centuries of colonial violence, this volume offers timely resources to think critically and originally about the Canadian canon for fruitful classroom discussion. Students of both literature and health humanities will find that this book deepens their understanding of literary portrayals of illness and the impact of narrative on concepts of affliction and healing.
Politics as Activity: Praxis, Poiēsis, and Gesture in the Work of Giorgio Agamben (Interventions)
by Katarina SjöblomEngaging with a fundamental question at the heart of the Western tradition of political thought, namely the question of political action, this book considers a broad range of issues, from resistance to political mobilization. It explores the nature of political activity by engaging with Giorgio Agamben and his key interlocutors such as Hannah Arendt and Alexandre Kojève. It offers new insights into the complexity of Agamben’s political thought and intervenes in contemporary debates on issues such as identity politics and protest movements.A fresh contribution to Agamben scholarship and a rigorous reflection on one of the core political questions of the occidental tradition, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students from a broad range of subject areas, including political theory, political philosophy, political science, aesthetics, philosophy of language, and biopolitics.
Brain Biopsies (Neuromethods #223)
by Bertrand MathonThis volume brings forth a comprehensive exploration of all aspects of cerebral and intracranial biopsies designed to serve as an essential tool for clinicians, researchers, and medical students involved in the care and study of patients with brain disorders. The chapters in this cover a wide array of topics such as surgical techniques for performing brain biopsies, including approaches to both cerebral and skull base biopsies; protocols for handling biopsy samples, focusing on their use for histomolecular diagnosis; indications and outcomes of brain biopsies in patients with brain tumors and those with cryptogenic neurological disease; perioperative management of patients undergoing brain biopsy; and a discussion on the latest innovations and research in this rapidly growing field. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your neurosurgery unit, or laboratory.Cutting-edge and comprehensive, Brain Biopsies is a valuable resource for anyone involved in the care of patients requiring brain biopsies, from neurosurgeons, neurologists, radiologists, and pathologists.
IoT and Big Data Technologies for Health Care: 4th IoT Technologies for Health Care, IotCare 2023, Leicester, UK, November 17–18, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #521)
by Zheng Zhang Shuihua WangThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th IoT Technologies for Health Care on IoT and Big Data Technologies for Health Care, IotCare 2023, held in Leicester, UK, during November 17–18, 2023. The 29 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 93 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Healthcare Technologies and Innovations; Educational Technologies and Teaching Resources; Internet of Things (IoT) Applications and Systems; IoT and Automation Systems; Medical Research and Analysis.
Surviving the ICE Age: Children of Immigrants in New York
by Joanna DrebyFor the past three decades, U.S. immigration policy has become increasingly restrictive, focused on enforcement both at the southern border and across the country. A shift in emphasis from status regularization to criminalization has had rippling effects for families and communities. While we know much about how immigration enforcement impacts the undocumented, we know less about longstanding effects on U.S. citizens. In Surviving the ICE Age, sociologist Joanna Dreby draws on interviews with young adults with foreign-born parents to better understand what it was like to grow up during a time of heightened U.S. migratory control. Dreby shows that a restrictive approach to immigration creates problems over time and across generations. These issues occur regardless of one’s citizenship status and go beyond deportations. Despite having pride in their heritage, her interviewees did not talk much about immigration. She refers to this unwillingness—and at times, inability—to speak about immigration as silencing. Silencing in a community or family is often intended to protect children, but this can leave them with little information about their backgrounds and status, leading to fear and anxiety instead. Self-silencing often resulted from traumatic experiences tied to enforcement episodes, which sometimes took the form of memory loss or emotional withholding. Dreby finds that experiences with the immigration system that disrupted relationships in a child’s household arising from family separations, moves, or changing roles in the family had especially long-term effects, causing, at times, ongoing mental health issues. Even the risk of immigration involvement left some young adults feeling vulnerable and undermined their sense of safety and security as U.S. citizens. Dreby also highlights stories that offer hope. Young adults developed strategies to persevere, and children who grew up in communities and families that openly talked about migration felt empowered and fared much better, especially when they had access to resources, such as adequate food and shelter, mental health services, and community support. Dreby calls for policies and practices to mitigate the harms of restrictive migratory control on children’s wellbeing, such avoiding the arrest of parents in front of children and ensuring that U.S. citizen children’s interests are considered in immigration court without their direct involvement. Surviving the ICE Age details the generational harms caused by U.S. immigration policy and offers suggestions for a better way forward.
Child Benefits: The Smart Investment for America's Future
by Jane WaldfogelThe United States has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy countries and stands out among its peers as the only country that does not offer a child benefit – regular payments from the government to most or all families with children, not conditioned on parental employment. During the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in 2021, the CTC functioned as a child benefit, and the child poverty rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded in the United States. Despite this decrease, the CTC expansion was not renewed. Concerns about enacting a child benefit include the cost, the possibility of misuse of money by parents, and how it might affect parental employment and fertility. In Child Benefits, social policy scholar Jane Waldfogel details the history and origins of child benefits around the world and comprehensively assesses how child benefits affect family spending, fertility, employment, child poverty, and child wellbeing to address such concerns and to determine the benefits of enacting such a policy permanently. Drawing on research from peer countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development as well as the United States, Waldfogel shows that a child benefit would prevent poverty and hardship and protect children from deep poverty and income instability. The research is clear that families would spend the money from a child benefit on food, clothing, and other items for their children and that a child benefit would not have large negative impacts on parental employment or family decisions about fertility. It also shows that a child benefit would promote short- and longer-term child and family wellbeing. Child benefits have been shown to enhance opportunity and benefit society through healthier and better-educated young adults and stronger and more stable families. And rigorous benefit-cost analyses indicate that a child benefit, while costly, would more than pay for itself, yielding a large return on investment. Waldfogel evaluates four current, major proposals for a child benefit and provides recommendations for a policy that would deliver the best outcomes for children and families and the best return on investment. She argues that such a policy would be more generous, not tied to parental employment or earnings, available to all parents but phased out for higher-income families, delivered in monthly payments through the tax system, and provided in addition to existing social programs. Child Benefits provides fascinating insights on the history and impacts of child benefits and makes a clear and definitive argument for the establishment of a child benefit in the United States.
Family and Disability Activism: Beyond Allies and Obstacles
by Allison C. Carey Pamela Block Richard K. ScotchIn 2020, Pamela Block, Allison C. Carey, and Richard K. Scotch published Allies and Obstacles, which examined the tensions and connections between disability activism and parents of children with disabilities. In Family and Disability Activism, they continue to examine these issues with a focus on the path-breaking advocacy by marginalized activists with intersectional lived experiences. Family and Disability Activism reveals how families and disabled people who identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA2S+ understand issues of rights versus justice. Contributions by Deaf and disabled activists emphasize the frequent need for either care or independence. Other chapters show how members of the disabled community and their families must navigate systemic issues of segregation, institutionalization, and access to special education services differently depending on their ethnic and racial identities. Expanding the conversation about disability, kinship, biological and chosen families, and activism, this volume amplifies important voices in the fight for disability rights. Contributors: Erin Compton, Diane Compton, Jaclyn Ellis, Laura LeBrun Hatcher, Elena Hung, Bridget Liang, Jenelle Rouse, Cheryl Najarian Souza, Jeneva Stone, Roger A. Stone, Lisette E. Torres, Grace Tsao, and the editors
Immigration, Citizenship and Insecurity: An Australian Story (Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity)
by Heli AskolaImmigration, Citizenship and Insecurity: An Australian Story explores how Australia’s policies on migration and nationality have shaped citizenship and social inclusion.The book examines the historical and contemporary intersections of citizenship, migration and insecurity, analysing key issues such as the prioritisation of economic utility in migration policy, cultural expectations placed on newcomers and the role of migrants in political debate. It critically assesses Australia’s responses to challenges such as demographic ageing, cultural diversity and erosion of political authority. The impact of emergency measures during the COVID-19 pandemic is also explored, revealing the fragility of citizenship protections in times of crisis.This book is an essential resource for scholars, policy-makers and professionals in migration studies, political science and public policy, as well as anyone interested in the evolving dynamics of citizenship and migration in Australia and beyond.
Translation Studies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Routledge Studies in Translation Technology)
by Kanglong Liu Riccardo Moratto Sanjun SunSun, Liu, Moratto, and the team of contributors provide an in-depth exploration of the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the ever-evolving field of translation studies.With key insights to inform future research on this rapidly evolving field in translation, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of the implications of AI, particularly ChatGPT, across technical, pedagogical, and ethical dimensions. From the evolution of translation competence and quality assessment to methodological shifts in research and pedagogy, the authors shed light on the capabilities and limitations of AI, offering insights into its potential within the realm of translation studies. With fresh perspectives on the intersection of AI and translation studies, the chapters cover critical topics such as evaluating translation quality, translator training, corpus translation studies, and ethical considerations in translation education.By systematically unpacking the implications of AI, this book offers valuable insights for researchers, educators, and practitioners interested in translation and interpreting studies, machine-learning, and the role of AI in translator training and education.
Including Learners with Medical Needs in School: A Guide to Best Practice
by Cath KitchenThis accessible book is packed with information and strategies that will build your confidence in ensuring that children and young people with medical needs have equal access to education and can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.Including Learners with Medical Needs in School provides school staff with a guide for best practice in supporting learners with complex health conditions in their schools. The book includes:• An overview of legal considerations and the responsibilities of schools and local authorities• How to create a welcoming environment and support the smooth reintegration to school following absences, as well as advice on managing medication and creating strong home–school partnerships• Guidance on working effectively with hospital schools, medical alternative provision, paediatric hospitals, and mental health units• A wealth of case studies, top tips, and tried-and-tested practical strategies that can be easily applied without huge costs or training• Signposting to further resources as well as downloadable specimen polices, exemplar Individual Healthcare Plans, and training materials.By implementing the recommendations in this book, schools can make a commitment to inclusion and make a real difference to the educational experience of children with medical needs. It is essential reading for SENCOs, pastoral leads, and senior leaders, as well as a useful resource for school governors and school nurses.
Reintroducing Talcott Parsons (Reintroducing...)
by James J. ChrissThis book examines the contributions made by Talcott Parsons to sociology over the course of a career spanning half a century. Summarizing the development of Parsons’ thought, it shows how his work on the conceptualization of the social world via the unifying structure of four functions—adaptation, goal-attainment, integration, and latent pattern maintenance (or AGIL)—can further the goal of explanation and understanding social phenomena. With attention to the contemporary and subsequent reception and adaptation of Parsons’ work, its practical importance, and its continuing relevance to our understanding of the social world, Reintroducing Talcott Parsons will appeal to scholars and students of sociology with interests in social theory and the history of social thought.
Gandhi and the Caste Question in Colonial India
by Shashi Bhushan UpadhyayThis book comprehensively surveys and critically analyses Gandhi’s ideas on caste and untouchability. It emphasizes the fact that Gandhi was a considerable thinker who had seminal ideas on the caste question. As an intellectual history, this book is not just a study of his ideas but also of what he practised. It narrates his lifelong struggle against untouchability since his South African days and focuses on his distinctive understanding of the caste question which differed sharply from that of his contemporaries both on the right and the left.The book also critically analyses and questions the attribution of strategy to Gandhi with regard to both the nationalist and anti-untouchability movements. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history, caste and discrimination studies, and South Asian studies.
Nematode Diseases of Fruit Crops and their Management
by P. Parvatha ReddySplit into six sections, this book collates information on the various aspects of nematode diseases of fruit crops and their management. The subject matter in this book discusses: International and Indian fruit crop scenario, food and nutritional security, bridging yield gap, and techniques to enhance productivity. Different aspects of nematode diseases in fruit crops such as economic importance, emerging nematode problems, interaction with other pathogens, and nematode management methods. Nematode diseases of tropical, sub-tropical, temperate, and semi-arid fruit crops and their management. The vision for the future including current nematode management strategies, new paradigms for nematode management, transfer of technology, future approaches, and conclusions. This book is aimed at policy makers, practicing farmers, and scientists involved in teaching, research and extension activities related to fruit crop nematodes and their management.Print edition not for sale in India.
Tax Burden on Farm and Non-farm Sectors in India: An Inter-sectoral and Inter-class Analysis
by S. L. ShettyThis book provides a detailed, comparative analysis of the relative tax burdens on the farm and non-farm sectors in India in the 1960s. It addresses the key question of mobilising the resources for transforming agriculture-dependent, backward economies into industrial economies. In a comparison with the historical experiences of Japan and the Soviet Union, this book goes against the grain of conventional thinking and argues that their systems cannot be implanted into our democratic society.Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan)
Nematode Diseases of Vegetable Crops and their Management
by P. Parvatha ReddyThis book collates information on the various aspects of nematode diseases in vegetable crops and their management. The subject matter in this book discusses: Vegetable crop area, technological interventions to enhance productivity, post-harvest treatments, and integrated pest management. Different aspects of nematode diseases such as economic importance, emerging nematode problems, and major nematode pests and their interaction with other pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses). Regulatory, physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host resistance and integrated nematode management methods. Nematode diseases of mushrooms, root and leafy vegetables, and solanaceous, leguminous, cruciferous, cucurbitaceous, malvaceous and malvaceous crops. The vision for the future including integrated nematode management, pillars of INM, modifications and expansions to INM, new building blocks of INM, and conclusions. This book is aimed at policy makers, practicing farmers, and scientists involved in teaching, research and extension activities related to vegetable crop nematodes and their management.Print edition not for sale in India.
Pests and Diseases in Flower, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
by S. Parthasarathy P. Lakshmidevi R. Kalaivanan R. SangaviEffective management of pests and diseases is crucial for the successful and profitable cultivation of crops. To address this need, this book compiles essential information and offers a simple approach to pest, disease, and nematode diagnosis, making it easier for students and non-specialists to tackle the challenges they face in this field. The subject matter details pest management in flower, medicinal and aromatic crops, using different methods and integrated pest management.This book is aimed at students pursuing Agriculture, Horticulture, Botany, Forestry, and Zoology, and non-specialists such as government officials, agricultural workers, horticulturists, extension workers, and professionals in the corporate sector.Print edition not for sale in India.
Pests and Diseases in Spices, Plantation and Tuber Crops
by S. Parthasarathy P. Lakshmidevi R. Kalaivanan R. SangaviEffective management of pests and diseases is crucial for the successful and profitable cultivation of crops. To address this need, this book compiles essential information and offers a simple approach to pest, disease, and nematode diagnosis, making it easier for students and non-specialists to tackle the challenges they face in this field. The subject matter details pest management in plantation, spice, and tuber crops, using methods like regulatory, physical, cultural, chemical, biological, and integrated pest management.This book is aimed at students pursuing Agriculture, Horticulture, Botany, Forestry, and Zoology, and non-specialists such as government officials, agricultural workers, horticulturists, extension workers, and professionals in the corporate sector.Print edition not for sale in India.
Power to the Partners: Organizational Coalitions in Social Justice Advocacy
by Maraam A. DwidarA vital examination of how social and economic justice organizations overcome resource disadvantages and build political power. Why do some coalitions triumph while others fall short? In Power to the Partners, Maraam A. Dwidar documents the vital role of social and economic justice organizations in American politics and explores the process by which they strategically build partnerships to advance more effective and equitable advocacy. Using original data tracking the collaboration patterns of more than twenty thousand nationally active advocacy organizations, Dwidar evaluates the micro- and macro-level conditions surrounding these groups’ successful efforts to collectively shape public policy. Power to the Partners reveals that while organizational advocates for social and economic justice are at a disadvantage in the American lobbying landscape—financially, tactically, and politically—coalition work can help ameliorate these disparities. By building and sustaining coalitions with structures and memberships that facilitate clarity, learning, and diverse perspectives, these advocates can successfully—and uniquely—make their mark on American public policy. Dwidar’s work offers critical insights for scholars and practitioners alike, from groundbreaking academic findings to evidence-based lessons for political organizers.