case study
The Australian Student Environment Network: The future of student organising?
A critical appraisal of student organising in the context of voluntary student unionism. Colin invites readers to comment and engage with him in this analysis. (112kb PDF)
Gully Insights
Sam La Rocca. Lessons for local planning and NIMBY campaigning case study of a two-year community-based campaign to protect green space from development.
Assessing advocacy
Justin Whelan (2006). Extracts from ‘Work Justice’, a case study of the campaign by Uniting Justice to influence Industrial Relations legislation in Australia.
A permaculture model for sustainable land use and appropriate technologies in central Brazil
The audacious sustainable work strategy was to teach and learn by doing. The organisation’s prolific allies span from national policy makers to children and international foundations. IPEC provides a rough model that, once well groomed, could operate coherently...
Protecting Queensland’s Wild Rivers
Shantala McMaster’s case study of a community-led campaign that secured legislative change.
Work Justice and the Will of God: The Uniting Church Campaign Against WorkChoices
Using an assessment framework to devise strategic questions, Justin Whelan’s case study considers the influence of the Uniting Church social policy and justice team in campaigning against the WorkChoices legislation.
Cape York Wilderness Campaign
Liliana Williamson’s case study of conservation campaigns in far north Queensland: “To influence political processes a ‘social movement organisation’ uses either or both unconventional methods – direct actions to increase awareness about an issue, – or...
Wildlife Advocates
Monica Alba Murillo’s case study of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland.
Secrets and lies
Secrets and lies: the anatomy of an anti-environmental pr campaign What makes Secrets and Lies so unique and invaluable are the scores of documents upon which it is based – secret internal missives, strategies and tactics that served as the battle plan of the hidden...
Seeds of distrust: the story of a GE cover up
In November, 2000, in the middle of the Royal Commission on genetic engineering, the Government learned that a shipment of GE contaminated sweet corn seeds had been planted in three regions of New Zealand. Imposing strict secrecy, Prime Minister Helen Clark took...