By David Cohen, Rosa de la Vega & Gabrielle Watson. Based on work of The Advocacy Institute and Oxfam America as a response to the growing need for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to assume new policy advocacy roles; provides a guide for social and economic justice advocates by supplying hundreds of resources and a toolkit for action & considers why it is essential to build a civil society and nurture democracy as a means of sustaining continued mainstream development. Read more.