• Search
  • Books
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Media
  • About
  • Search Close
  • Cart
  • Search Search
  • Close Close
Back
— The Activists’ Handbook — £ $ £ $
Share: Share article on Facebook Tweet article on Twitter Pin article on Pinterest Email to a friend

Please enable JavaScript to be able to buy books.

Free Shipping:
UK > £20 | EU > £50 | US & CA > US$25

The Activists' Handbook

A Step-by-Step Guide to Participatory Democracy

Aidan Ricketts

Environmental activist Aidan Ricketts provides a step-to-step guide for citizens eager to start or get involved in grass-roots activist movements.
  • Overview
  • Author Bio
  • Table of Contents
  • Reviews
  • Details

Description

A priceless resource for everyone ready to make a difference, environmental activist Aidan Ricketts offers a step-by-step handbook for citizens eager to start or get involved in grass-roots movements and beyond.

Providing all essential practical tools, methods and strategies needed for a successful campaign and extensively discussing legal and ethical issues, this book empowers its readers to effectively promote their cause. Lots of ready-to-use documents and comprehensive information on digital activism and group strategy make this book an essential companion for any campaign.

Including case studies from the US, UK, Canada and Australia, this is the ultimate guidebook to participatory democracy.

Author Bio

Aidan Ricketts is an experienced social and environmental activist as well as a prominent activism educator, academic and writer. Aidan has written for many academic journals and contributed to several books.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1: Activism, advocacy and the practice of democracy
  • 2: Building successful social movements
  • 3: Strategy: The art of activism
  • 4: Planning and mapping your campaign: practical tools and processes
  • 5: Media, publicity and research
  • 6: Public sector activism: How to change the law and influence government policy
  • 7: Corporate Activism
  • 8: Direct action, protest and your rights
  • 9: Digital Activism
  • 10: Strategic Litigation
  • 11: Social change and conflict resolution
  • 12: Empowerment and personal sustainability: Staying active and avoiding burnout

Reviews

'I believe in real democracy. I believe in the power of communities to organise to pursue their interests. I am passionate about helping people take a stand and make a difference in the world. So says Aidan Ricketts and so say I. The biggest problem in the world is not hunger, not disease, not conflict, not corruption. It is APATHY. The fact that we see all these problems around us and we do nothing. This handbook shows us that something can be done through organising and action, and shows us how to do it. Now it's up to us.'
Michael Norton, author, 365 Ways to Change the World

'You are desperately needed to put the public back in public governance! That is just what Aidan Ricketts' wonderful contribution is all about. It is said that trend is not destiny. We can shape our future with the right tools. This book is that tool.'
Randy Hayes, founder, Rainforest Action Network

'This book combines intellectual rigour, compassion and real world experience into a comprehensive, practical and powerful social change manual for these challenging times, an essential tool for the empowered citizen. Keep this book by your side as you confront the 21st century, better still, get your friends and neighbours to read it too.'
Mike Roselle, founder, Earth First!

'The need for a book of this kind could not be more urgent at a time when governments world wide have become captive to corporate power, this inspiring book takes the power directly back to communities and empowers us all to make the changes we want to see in this world. I have worked alongside Aidan from the campaign for Australia's tropical rainforests in the mid '80's, through the struggle for NSW's oldgrowth forests to the present day - he knows what he's talking about. Buy this book!'
John Seed OAM, founder, Rainforest Information Centre

'In this accessible text, Aidan Ricketts generously shares insights and wisdom he's gained through 20 years of dedicated activism. Aidan's legal training and experience are the real strength to this activist manual. Too few community activists use the law to its potential and Aidan advocates creative and powerful legal strategies.'
James Whelan, Director, The Change Agency

Details

Publication Date: 8 March 2012
288 pages

Product ISBNs: Paperback: 9781848135925
Hardback: 9781848135932
eBook ePub: 9781780324135
eBook Kindle: 9781780324142

Related Books

Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power

Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons

Max Haiven How do we move beyond austerity and the colonization of creativity?

Languages of the Unheard

Why Militant Protest is Good for Democracy

Stephen D'Arcy This book addresses the ethics and politics of militant protest, ranging from non-violent civil disobedience through to rioting, sabotage and armed struggle and asks if it is ever justifiable to use armed force.

First Measures of the Coming Insurrection

Eric Hazan and Kamo Eric Hazan and Kamo, arguing against the political right and left, in the form of twentieth-century communism, provide a radical manual for the aftermath of a regime's demise.

Related Content

Pervious Next

    Account

    • Login

    Social Media

    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Instagram

    ZED

    • About Zed
    • Zed Scholar
    • Contact
    • Vacancies
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • FAQs
    • Newsletter

    For Authors

    • Publishing with Zed
    • For contracted authors

    For the trade

    • Rights and permissions
    • Sales representation and distribution
    • Art department

    Catalogues

    • S/S 2020
    • A/W 2019
    • S/S 2019
    • A/W 2018
    • S/S 2018
    • A/W 2017
    • S/S 2017
    • A/W 2016

    Subjects

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Middle East
    • Anthropology
    • Biography and Memoir
    • Business
    • Cities and Architecture
    • Culture and Media
    • Current Affairs
    • Development
    • Economics
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Fiction
    • Gender, Sexualities and Queer Identities
    • Health and Medicine
    • History
    • Human Rights
    • Politics and International Relations
    • Philosophy
    • Race and Indigenous Politics
    • Sociology

    Books

      Other

        View all results
        Close

        • Forgot password?
        Close
        • Remove promo codePromo code: applied
        Subtotal
        Free Shipping:
        UK > £20 | EU > £50 | US & CA > US$25
        Continue Shopping
        Checkout Checkout
        Facebook Twitter Email
        Connect with Zed: Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Visit our YouTube page Follow us on Instagram Close