POSC 1100U Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Preempt, Decision-Making, Guerrilla Theatre
2 Apr 2017
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Promoting community change posc 1100u - 001. Uncertainty: is a part of community work, makes you open to the ideas of others, makes you more sensitive to what others are saying, especially those from a different social location. Every change effort requires that someone begins to do something differently. Be sensitive to cues that will help you decide on your strategy. Avoid the trap of limiting your choice: consider different methods. : envision different levels of closeness between your organization and the target. Linking strategy choices to the relationship between parties. Use confrontation when you need to compel a target to change its position or behaviour. Useful to force government or private organizations that affect your community. Set the vulnerability of the opponent against the strengths of your organization. Tactics increase the opponent"s discomfort to the point when they agree with you. May be based in justice: this comes with powerful emotions.
