Then, the researcher claims, analyzing a war itself and identifying the tools for establishing hegemony within a society would be an important contribution to the policy influencing literature.
‘Policy influencing’ practices of NGO’s can also be read as a area of conflict between hegemonic and counter-hegemonic views upon a subject or matter. Civil society organizations, with their policy influencing practices, aim to create, consolidate and expand a counter-hegemony against the ruler’s hegemony within cases of socio-political and environmental justice, and to mobilize masses for a common cause. Hegemony infuses its religion, world-view, moral norms and values to all levels of society as natural, needed and indispensable. Gramsci described hegemony as “the whole range of values, attitudes, beliefs, cultural norms, legal precepts that are deeply embedded in the fabric of social relations.” (Gramsci, 1971). The idea of campaign in a democratic society is to translate its ideas to a great number of people, to gain the strength to act as a critical mass for a common goal, and to influence policies or with Antonio Gramsci’s words: to create a 'counter-hegemony'. Ages 12–up.The Art of War and the factors Sun Tzu herein offers stand as a reference guide to many campaigners. Williams's highlighting all aspects of cult membership (fear of leaving, desire to belong, guilt about sinning), rather than relying on one-sided generalizations (cults are bad), makes this a prudent and powerful read. ) takes such care in crafting Kyra's internal struggles-and her hellacious story-that the ensuing drama rings true. Is she brave enough to run away from the community that has sheltered her since birth? Although the ending verges on the sensational, Williams ( Pretty Like Us But when she's “chosen” to be the seventh wife of her brutish, 60-something uncle, Kyra's desperation to be somewhere (or someone) else escalates (“God has given you to me, Kyra Leigh,” her uncle tells her. At first, Kyra's struggles center around her situation-a lack of privacy, too many mothers and the urge to experiment with various sins (reading books besides scripture, exploring outside the compound, kissing a boy). Williams strikes just the right balance between informative and cautionary in this gripping tale about a 13-year-old girl trapped in a polygamist cult.
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