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Making change happen: power Concepts for understanding and applying power for justice, equality and peace Authors: V. Miller; L. Veneklasen; M. Reilly Publisher: Just Associates.org, 2006 Full text of document http://www.justassociates.org/index_files/MCH3red.pdf Despite previous advocacy successes, why do many strategies and approaches seem inadequate in the struggle to overcome poverty and injustice? What are sources of inspiration, experience and wisdom that we can draw upon to strengthen our efforts? How do we understand the complexities of power and empowerment, and how do we best respond to them in ways that use, build and transform power? This booklet is the latest in the "Making Change Happen" series 3 and provides ideas, tools and inspiration for understanding and engaging power to address inequality and injustice. It looks at how power operates visibly and invisibly in negative and positive ways and is written for activists and others interested in the kind of movement-building that weaves collective power across differences. Concepts of power such as power over, power with, power within and power to are examined.
