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    Theories of social change:

    the basis of activist strategy

    Acknowledgement to Coover V, Deacon E, Esser C, et al. Resource manual for a living


    revolution: a handbook of skills and tools for social change activists. Philadelphia: New
    Society, 1985.
    What are the drivers of change?
    • Innovation, markets, profits, investment
    • Planned policy driven change
    • Environmental change
    • Invasion
    • Migration
    • Revolution
    • Others?
    What are the levers of change (that
    I have access to)?
    • Voting
    • Petitioning and advocacy
    • Demonstrating
    • Alliances
    • What else?
    What are the theories of social
    change which inform our practice?
    • Reflect on episodes from our own practice
    • What were our assumptions
    – about people, power, structures,
    – about the links between micro action and
    macro change
    – about how change happens
    Can we read the theories of social
    change from other people’s stories
    of practice?
    • Infer theories of change from stories of
    practice
    – eg the Indian Right to Health campaign
    Studying case histories
    • Studying episodes, movements, campaigns,
    traditions
    • Framework of analysis
    – narrative: context, preparation, organisation, action,
    reaction, consequences
    – levels: personal, community, national, global;
    – term: short, medium and long
    – disciplines: political economy, gender and race,
    • Talking theory
    – the participants’ theory?
    – our theorising (interpreting) the story?
    To what extent are we drawing
    from pre-existing theories?
    • What are the theories of social change we
    might draw from:
    – Marxism, anarchism, feminism, religions, non-
    violent protest, personal change, institutional
    reform, cabalism?
    Strategic planning
    • Goals and vision
    • Achievable objectives
    • Context and environment
    • SWOT
    • Existing programs and activities
    – new programs and activities
    • Developing the organisation
    – structures, procedures, cultures
    • Evaluation
    Scenarios of change
    • Working on our immediate challenges
    – how might things be different (brainstorming)?
    – scenarios of change; how might a different
    world come into being?
    – what are the (plausible) dynamics of change?
    – implications for different players and how
    would they react?
    – implications for strategy?
    Primary health care (A-A,1978)
    • “... requires and promotes maximum community
    and individual self-reliance and participation in
    the planning, organization, operation and control
    of primary health care, making fullest use of
    local, national and other available resources;
    and to this end develops through appropriate
    education the ability of communities to
    participate”
    • What is the theory of change here?
    Alma-Ata
    • How does PHC develop the ability of
    communities to participate?
    • What are the scenarios of change you can
    read into this quote?
    • How does community participation
    affect health?

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