Advocacy Trap

Stephen Noakes is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations and Asian Studies at the University of Auckland

• Introduction: the superpower’s dilemma: to appease, repress, or transform transnational advocacy networks? 1 Mechanisms of persuasion: when and how are advocacy campaigns effective? 2 The power of state preferences: the ‘natural cases’ of the campaigns for Falun Gong and IPR protection3 Reading the ‘lay of the land’: intercessory advocacy and causal process in the HIV/ AIDS treatment and death penalty abolitionist campaigns4 State- directed advocacy: the ‘drift’ phenomenon in the ‘free Tibet’ and global warming campaigns5 Strategic considerations, tough choices: how state preferences influence campaign forms Conclusion: state power as realityReferences

‘The richness of the case studies would be well-paired with more direct quotes from the author’s ethnographic research. The book, nonetheless, will be of interest to scholars and students interested in the broader aspects of transnational civil society and how the nature of political systems, such as that of China may affect the efficacy of such networks, campaigns and related goals.’Journal of Chinese Political Science