Celebrity Advocacy and International Development

The book examines the work of celebrity advocacy and lobbying in international poverty, inequality and development. Its purpose is to understand the alliances between celebrity and these good causes, how they function, their history, consequences, wider contexts and implications. It argues that we cannot understand the effects of celebrity advocacy or the growth of the celebrity-and-development industry without asking to whom it appeals and how it works.

List of contents

1. Introduction  2. The Terrain of Development Advocacy  3. Celebrity Advocacy and Post-Democracy  4. A Brief History of Celebrity Advocacy for Development and Humanitarian Causes  5. The Current State of Celebrity Advocacy  6. 'Getting It' Producing Authentic Celebrity Advocacy  7. Elites and Celebrity Advocacy  8. The Witches' Pond  9. Changing the World through Celebrity Advocacy  Appendix One: Methods  Appendix Two: Research on Celebrity Endorsers

About the author

Dan Brockington is Professor of Conservation and Development at the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Brockington
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415707190
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70719-0
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Rethinking Development
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous