Nonprofits in policy advocacy their strategies and stories. By Sheldon Gen , Amy Conley Wright , Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. XXVIII, pp. 238. $34.99 (soft cover), $24.99 (eBook). pISBN 978‐3‐030‐43695‐7, eISBN 978‐3‐030‐43696‐4

• Published date: 01 September 2023
• Author: Suparna Soni
• Date: 01 September 2023
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13716

Received: 1 August 2023

DOI: 10.1111/puar.13716

Nonprofits in policy advocacy

their strategies and stories

By Sheldon Gen, Amy Conley Wright,

Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Palgrave

Macmillan. 2020. XXVIII, pp. 238. $34.99

(soft cover), $24.99 (eBook). pISBN

978-3-030-43695-7, eISBN

978-3-030-43696-4

Suparna Soni

Department of Political Science & Public Administration, SUNY Buffalo State

University, Buffalo, New York, USA

Correspondence

Suparna Soni, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, SUNY

Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Email: sonis@buffalostate.edu

Nonprofit organizations use various tactics toward policy

advocacy efforts, but policy change requires endurance

and a sustainable effort. How do advocates view the pro-

cess of changing policy, and what strategies do advocates

use to achieve those changes? This book answers these

questions while contributing to the body of knowledge of

policy change and helping practitioners to learn from

their broader community of advocates. This book pro-

vides guidance on how nonprofit organizations can draw

from various tactics to plan long-range strategies that

account for potential short and long-term outcomes. The

book includes stories of how advocates apply strategies

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