|
Protagonism is an umbrella term for unionised activism related to a particular placed of issues. Protagonism is potential to become non-deceptive & inside dependable faith, though these are sometines infected by apply of propaganda. These are just about universally organized into or even by an advocacy group or special interests. Inside more cases, an human might work as a lobbyist, in their have account, or even on behalf of the corporation or industry.
Issue advocacy
Issue protagonism is any speech on to issues & a policy positions taken by political candidates & elected officials. Any class action or even person might locate inside issue protagonism. It may be when elementary when a individual statement, or even it may be as required as a multi-million dollar campaign of broadcast & print advertising spreading a equivalent message. the message blocks existence issue protagonism whenever it expressly endorses the election or even kill of a candidate (Understand as well single-issue politics).
Examples of protagonism in the computing globe include operating system advocacy and open source advocacy.
Astroturfing
A term astroturfing pejoratively describes formal public relations projects which deliberately search to engineer a impression of self-generated, grassroots behavior, sometimes through the utilise of front organizations. the goal is the appearance of independent public reaction to a politician, political class action, product, service, event, etc., by centrally orchestrating a behavior of numbers of diverse & geographically distributed souls.
Effectiveness compared to direct action
Around 2004, a survey by University of Washington sociologist Jon Agnone, compared a total of bills passed between 1960 and 1994 by the U.S. Congress with tactics used by 'green' groups within the same year. A learn showed from each one protest raised the total of pro-environment bills travel by Ii.2%, whereas neither efforts at conventional lobbying in Capitol Hill nor aimed at affecting the state of opinion mass produced any difference. A survey concluded that direct action, like protests at public venues or even disrupting political cases, is supplementary belike to influence environmental policy than talking to politicians.
List of advocacy groups
A-CHAMP
[http://www.protransit.org Alliance for Reliable Transport]
[http://www.childadvocate.net/ The Child Advocate Network]
Earth First!
Empower America
Generation Rescue
Greenpeace
International Trepanation Advocacy Group
Landmine Survivors Network
MindFreedom International
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Public Citizen
Treatment Advocacy Center
Union of Concerned Scientists
Veterans for Common Sense
Specific types of advocacy
Abortion rights
Child advocacy
Consumer protection
Cycling advocacy
Psychiatric survivors movement
|
Citizens Against Drug Impaired Driving
Candid aims to increase awareness about drug impaired drivers and features a type of assessment which police departments can use to detect likelihood of impairment.
Center for Community Change
CCC helps poor people develop their own strong organizations to improve their communities and change policies and institutions that affect their lives.
American Benefits Council
Advocate for voluntary private employee benefits, based in Washington, DC, USA. Mission, members, issues, news, publications, and calendar.
Office of the Americas
Dedicated to the cause of Justice and Peace in the hemisphere through broad based educational programs.
The Policyholder Network
Slowly but surely, insurance policies are being tweaked in the companies favour, as an industry insider reports.
The Peace and Justice Foundation, Inc.
A human rights oriented education and advocacy organization, which organises demonstrations and educational initiatives.
Southern Poverty Law Center
Founded in 1971, is a non-profit organization that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through education and litigation. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, it is also the site of the Maya Lin-designed Civil Rights Memorial.
Creations Guardians
An education and outreach organization dedicated to a vision of a new world where there is no hatred, violence, hunger or poverty and in which the environment and all of the creatures are protected from destruction and mismanagement by both public and private interests.
Alliance for Justice
National association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations.
|