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The general advocacy model presented below is the result of comparing the various
approaches to public advocacy as developed by Staples69, Cohen70, Hunt71, Fisher72
and others (Appendix 1).
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J Staples, Strategic Public Advocacy for Civil Society Template, LAWS3315 Class lecture,
University of New South Wales, 12 January 2011.
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Cohen D, de la Vega, R and Watson G, Advocacy for Social Justice: A Global Action and reflection
guide, Kumarian Press Inc, 2001
71
J Hunt, The Jubilee 2000 Campaign in Australia, an unpublished document produced for Jubilee
Australia.
72
Fishers specific insights are in dispute resolution and negotiation.
73
For an explanation of the powers see Gene Sharp, The Politics of Nonviolent Political Action, Porter
Sargent Publisher, Boston: MA, 1973 [Chapter 1 The Nature and Control of Political Power]
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