Synopsis Civil-society organizations are playing an increasingly prominent role in promoting policy change in favour of poor people, whether through advocacy mobilization. In the global realignment following the end of the Cold war, the challenges is that of moving from mere protest and opposition to constructive forms of engagement, both with the State and with the private sector. Contributors to this book draw on experiences of social action from as far afield as Belgium and Brazil, in areas such as new social movements, governance and the state of law, North-South NGO relations, and development theatre fro social and political change.