Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1 . Becoming motivated to become a policy advocate and a leader. Joining a tradition of social reform -- Articulating four rationales for participating in policy advocacy -- pt. 2. Surmounting cynicism by developing policy-advocacy skills. Obtaining skills and competencies for policy advocacy -- pt. 3. The ecology of policy in the United States and in a global world. Understanding the ecology of policy in governmental, electoral, community, and agency settings -- Expanding policy advocacy across national borders -- pt. 4. Committing to problems and solutions by building policy agendas and engaging in policy analysis. Committing to an issue: building agendas -- Analyzing problems in the first step of policy analysis -- Developing policy proposals in the second, third and fourth steps of policy analysis -- Presenting and defending policy proposals in step 5 and step 6 of policy analysis -- pt. 5. Advocating for change. Developing and using power in the policy-enacting task -- Developing political strategy and putting it into action in the policy-enacting task -- Engaging in ballot-based policy advocacy -- pt. 6. Troubleshooting and assessing policies. Troubleshooting the implementation of policies in tasks -- Assessing policy: toward evedince-based policy during task.