Advocacy in Conflict

This highly informative book is full of eye-opening case studies and is a must-read for all activists that genuinely care about the political empowerment of communities affected by conflict. * Peace News *
Based on a series of insightful case studies, Advocacy in Conflict brilliantly explores the contradictory pressures on transnational advocacy. Essential reading for any thoughtful conflict advocate. * Duncan Green, senior strategic adviser, Oxfam GB *
This timely and sobering volume asks the critical question: What is the price of success? In a series of compelling cases taken from the recent past, we see how Western activists are often co-opted, or forced to compromise on their founding goals, taking them further and further away from what might truly help those who are supposed to benefit from their activism. * Michael Barnett, author of The Empire of Humanity *
These eye-opening studies tell us so much about the way the western lens distorts the world's realities. George Clooney should read it from cover to cover. * Peter Gill, author of Famine and Foreigners *
Anyone who wants to understand the complex, ambiguous and often neglected nature of international activism must read this informative and readable book. Through a series of fascinating case studies the book illustrates the upsides and downsides of international engagement with local campaigns in some of the most difficult places in the world. * Professor Mary Kaldor, London School of Economics and Political Science *
Alex de Waal and his students have assembled a fascinating group of thinkers and doers to dissect transnational advocacy in the twenty-first century. * Robert Muggah, author of No Refuge and Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka *