Power to the People: Use your voice, change the world by Danny Sriskandarajah Ha

Description: Power to the People by Danny Sriskandarajah Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A call-to-arms for more active global citizenry. Publisher Description Danny Sriskandarajah learned the value of citizenship at a young age as the child of Tamil migrants who moved from Sri Lanka to Australia. Arriving in the UK as the first Rhodes scholar from an Asian immigrant background, he has gone on to run a series of civil society organisations, and has become a leading voice in the third sector.POWER TO THE PEOPLE is his radical manifesto for change designed to inspire citizen action around the world. The book presents a blueprint for how we, as individuals, can make a difference through greater community engagement, and how we can deliver a society that works for the many and not the few. He speaks to voter apathy and a growing sense that elections no longer matter, with politicians and institutions too focused on short-term issues to grapple with complex global problems such as climate change, rising inequality, and digital disruption. Yet the book is also filled with inspiring real-life examples of citizen power in action, ranging from a volunteer-run repair cafe in Dannys local suburb to Avaazs successful campaigns to tackle endemic corruption in Brazil.From public ownership of social media spaces to democratising share ownership, and from re-energising co-operatives to creating a peoples chamber at the United Nations, this campaigning book has a clear mission to make us reclaim our power as citizens of the world. Author Biography Danny Sriskandarajah is the child of Tamil migrants who moved from Sri Lanka to Australia. Since receiving his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was the first Rhodes scholar from an Asian Immigrant background, he has had a distinguished career in the third sector.This has included running CIVICUS, the Johannesburg-based alliance of civil society organisations, and being CEO of Oxfam GB, where he introduced a series of reforms to involve partner organisations and challenge fundraising orthodoxies. He has been a Trustee of Comic Relief, the Disasters Emergency Committee and the Guys & St Thomas Foundation, and has served on two United Nations high-level panels. His opinion pieces have been published in newspapers in more than 30 countries, and he regularly appears on broadcast media, including programmes such as the BBCs Today programme, Hard Talk and Question Time. He has spoken at over 500 events in some 70 countries, including at the United Nations General Assembly, the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings at Davos, and committees of both Houses of the UK Parliament. In January 2024 he became the CEO of the New Economics Foundation, the progressive think tank. He tweets @dhnnjyn Details ISBN 1035414236 ISBN-13 9781035414239 Title Power to the People Author Danny Sriskandarajah Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 368 Publisher Headline Publishing Group GE_Item_ID:160813586; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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