Thinking and Working Politically Reading List Excerpts

Primary text

Green, Duncan. . Oxford University Press, 2016.

Selected articles

Canada Revenue Agency. . 23 April 2014.

Edwards, Michael. 鈥淭hinking ahead: Four Questions for NGOs to Ponder.鈥 , May 2013.

Gladwell, Malcolm. 鈥淪mall change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted.鈥 (4 October 2010).

Heidebrecht, Paul C., and Jennifer Wiebe. 鈥淎dvocacy and peacebuilding: making distinctions and connections.鈥 (Winter 2013): 9-12.

Heidebrecht, Paul C., and Jennifer Wiebe. 鈥淜eeping the Faith? Tracing the Struggle to Amplify the Peace Witness of Canadian Churches.鈥 The Ecumenist: A Journal of Theology, Culture, and Society 52/1 (Winter 2015): 1-10.

House of Commons Canada. (May 2013).

Lakey, George. 鈥淪hould we bother trying to change our opponents鈥 hearts?鈥 (4 June 2013).

Lindblom, Charles E. 鈥淪till Muddling, Not Yet Through.鈥 39/6 (November-December 1979): 517-526.

Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. (1 March 1997).

Raynor, Jared. 鈥淲hat Makes an Effective Coalition? Evidence-Based Indicators of Success.鈥 (March 2011).

Riddell, Darcy, and Michele-Lee Moore. 鈥淪caling Out, Scaling Up, Scaling Deep: Advancing Systemic Social Innovation and the Learning Processes to Support It.鈥 , October 2015.

Teles, Steven, and Mark Schmitt. 鈥淭he Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy.鈥 (Summer 2011): 39-43.

Book review possibilities

Abelson, Donald E. Do Think Tanks Matter? Assessing the Impact of Public Policy Institutes, 2nd ed. McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2009.

Alemanno, Alberto. Lobbying for Change: Find Your Voice to Create a Better Society. Icon Books, 2017.

Baumgartner, Frank R., Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, David C. Kimball, and Beth L. Leech. Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why. University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Becker, Jo. Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice. Stanford University Press, 2013.

Blaikie, Bill. The Blaikie Report: An Insider鈥檚 Look at Faith and Politics. The United Church Publishing House, 2011.

Boulton, Jean, Peter Allen, and Cliff Bowman. Embracing Complexity: Strategic Perspectives for an Age of Turbulence. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Brockington, Dan. Celebrity Advocacy and International Development. Routledge, 2014.

Carden, Fred. Knowledge to Policy: Making the Most of Development Research. IDRC, 2009.

De Wall, Alex, ed. Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism. Zed Books, 2015.

Delacourt, Susan. Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them. Douglas and McIntyre, 2013.

Haidt, Jonathan. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. Pantheon Books, 2012.

Ham, Hahrie. How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Kahane, Adam. Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2017.

Klein, Naomi. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. Knopf Canada, 2014.

Lenihan, Don. Rescuing Policy: The Case for Public Engagement. Public Policy Forum, 2012.

Loat, Alison, and Michael MacMillan. Tragedy in the Commons: Former Members of Parliament Speak Out About Canada's Failing Democracy. Random House Canada, 2014.

McKay, Ian, and Jamie Swift. Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety. Between the Lines, 2012.

Morozov, Evgeny. To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism. PublicAffairs, 2013.

Richler, Noah. What We Talk About When We Talk About War. Goose Lane Editions, 2012.

Roche, Douglas. Peacemakers: How People Around the World are Building a World Free of War. Toronto: James Lorimer & Co, 2014.

Savoie, Donald. Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? How Government Decides and Why. McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2013.

Sussman, Amanda. The Art of the Possible: A Handbook for Political Activism. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2007.

Tetlock, Philip E. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? Princeton University Press, 2006.

Tufecki, Zeynep. Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017.