This book explores how public policy advocacy can be used to approach policy issue identification, resolution or, at the least, support the management of wicked policy issues. By describing how this type of advocacy draws on participatory action research, including ethnographic and auto-ethnographic models, this book offers a tool for public policy consumer advocates on how to apply the Human Capabilities Approach to address presenting public policy issues worldwide.
Dr. Louise Sinden-Carroll is an accomplished advocate dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities. She has been on the boards of two global organizations working in the health and disability arena, is the past Chief Executive of The National Foundation for the Deaf in New Zealand, has worked on a voluntary basis as the Human Rights Officer and then General Secretary of the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People and is a current Trustee of the Human Rights for All Trust in New Zealand.
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