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| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Lobbying and Advocacy: What Does It Mean, and Why Should You Do It? | p. 5 |
| What does the literature say about nonprofits and lobbying? | |
| Why do nonprofit organizations need to get engaged? | |
| What are some examples of important rights established through citizen advocacy? | |
| What is the difference between advocacy and lobbying? | |
| What will this book teach you? | |
| The Rules of Engagement | p. 19 |
| What are the nonprofit lobbying regulations? | |
| What is the 501(h) election? | |
| How can you fund your advocacy campaign? | |
| What are some other tax structures that allow for lobbying? | |
| Pork: "The Other White Meat" or Quagmires of Government Budgeting | p. 33 |
| How do government budgets work? | |
| How did "pork" become so prevalent in budget discussions? | |
| Why is the Tea Party a brew? | |
| Where do taxes and poverty come in? | |
| Making Law: Confessions of an Erstwhile Legislator | p. 53 |
| How is the lawmaking process mapped out? | |
| How does the legislature really work (as illustrated by a bill that made its way through the process)? | |
| Ten Common Elements of Successful Advocacy Campaigns: Steps 1 to 3 | p. 103 |
| What is the 10-step framework? | |
| What happens in the first three steps (as illustrated by examples from a student-led advocacy project)? | |
| Ten Common Elements of Successful Advocacy Campaigns: Steps 4 to 7 | p. 127 |
| What happens in Steps 4-7 (as illustrated by examples from the same student-led advocacy project discussed in the previous chapter) ? | |
| Ten Common Elements of Successful Advocacy Campaigns: Steps 8 to 10 | p. 147 |
| What happens in the final three campaign steps and to the students' project? | |
| The 10 Steps in Action: A Case Study of the Strategy and Process | p. 165 |
| How did a group of students attempting to pass a registry of employees who had harmed adults with developmental disabilities conduct their state legislative campaign? | |
| Reach the Final Steps! | p. 205 |
| What resulted from the efforts of the students discussed in the previous chapter? | |
| The 10 Steps Strike Again! Breaking the Tire Cycle: A Campaign With International Impact | p. 223 |
| How did a group of students succeed in passing a bill to prevent tire pollution from Mexico? | |
| Fighting for Justice in Cyberspace: The Role of Technology in Advocacy | p. 215 |
| Where do you start? | |
| What works best? | |
| So Now You Have a Law: What Do You Do With It? Monitoring Progress on the Issue | p. 269 |
| What do you do to make sure your bill gets implemented after it is passed? Addendum: Understanding the Difference Between Full-Time and Part-Time State Legislatures | p. 277 |
| Index | p. 289 |
| About the Editor | p. 299 |
| About the Contributors | p. 301 |
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