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Keresty, Barbara; O'Leary, Susan; Wortley, Dale – 1998
This book recounts the experiences of three teachers who turned activists when the Reading Recovery program at their schoools was threatened by budget cuts. Chapter 1, "How To Get a Program," details specific steps for the initiation and successful implementation of a program, describing how to research a solution, gain support, develop an…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Peer reviewedAli, Shaikh Maqsood; Sirivardana, Susil – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Summarizes the Report and Recommendations of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation. Proposes an economic development approach that is based on a people-centered values framework and social mobilization. Profiles a similar program, Janasaviya, pioneered in Sri Lanka in 1989. (MJP)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Capitalism, Citizen Participation, Disadvantaged Environment
Peer reviewedAzad, Nandini – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Illustrates how poor women were able to move out of poverty and dehumanization through a process of mobilization and organization. The process was catalyzed by the intervention of a non-governmental organization, the Working Women's Forum. Outlines the Forum's program of economic, social, and technological empowerment. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development
