Power to the People (Use your voice . change the world) بقلم Danny Sriskandarajah ... Power to the People addresses growing voter apathy and disenchantment worldwide - that familiar sense that governments have become decoupled from their constituencies, that votes no longer count, and that politicians and institutions are too focused on short-term issues to grapple with complex global issues such as climate change and rising inequality. The book is structured into two halves, the first half diagnosing problems and the second half proposing solutions. Danny urges readers to make a positive difference through engagement and active citizenry. He calls for reform of outdated Bretton Woods organisations such as the IMF and World Bank, and for greater use of citizens' assemblies. The proposal contains some fascinating examples of citizen power in action such as Avaaz's campaign to take down a notoriously corrupt politician in Brazil. From public ownership of social media spaces to democratising share ownership, and from re-energising co-operatives to creating a people's chamber at the United Nations, this campaigning book has a clear mission to make us reclaim our power as citizens of the world.
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Danny Sriskandarajah
Danny Sriskandarajah is the child of Tamil migrants who moved from Sri Lanka to Australia. Since receiving his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was the first Rhodes scholar from an Asian Immigrant background, he has had a distinguished career in the third sector.
This has included running CIVICUS, the Johannesburg-based alliance of civil society organisations, and being CEO of Oxfam GB, where he introduced a series of reforms to involve partner organisations and challenge fundraising orthodoxies. He has been a Trustee of Comic Relief, the Disasters Emergency Committee and the Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation, and has served on two United Nations high-level panels.