Power: Elite Capture and Hidden Influence

This book, published by ActionAid International, explores the theme of power. It discusses key issues about what power is, how it is used, and what role power plays in change processes. It presents tools for analysing power and practical strategies for civil society practitioners to manoeuvre and negotiate through the webs of hidden power towards more inclusive people centred development.

The book contains the following contents:

• The Problem of Power
• People and Power
• Power Actors
• Expressions of Power
• Power Tools
• Power Strategies
• Power Struggles

The book is part of ActionAid International's Just and Democratic Local Governance series, intended for civil society practitioners and activists working at the local level. The five books can be read independently, but they are designed to complement each other and contribute to a more overall picture of key governance issues of importance to ActionAid’s Human Rights Based Approach. The series focuses on the local level and is intended to support practitioners in their efforts to achieve ActionAid’s strategic promises of improving service delivery for poor people and achieving a fairer distribution of resources to finance public policies aimed at reducing poverty. (see "Related Summaries" below for more titles in this series).