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<DIV></DIV>How would policy advocacy based on structural analysis be different from policy advocacy based on an individualist analysis?
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<DIV></DIV>And, do we have to choose one or the other, or can policy advocacy efforts based in more than one type of analysis work together?
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<DIV>Ellen,</DIV>
<DIV>In part I was musing--what, if any, impact does it have on advocacy if we in the U.S./states now face the austerity measures promoted by the World Bank for debor nations? Is pay-for service a step toward privatizing adult basic/literacy education? How do we respond to proposals such as "pay-for-service" or "federal money for WIA students only". These proposals for structural changes in the field are coming from rather lofty places and are more than just a suggestion that the field take a percentage cut to help the econony along.</DIV>
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<DIV>In my opinion,individual efforts are part of the whole--but as a theory of advocacy, the great man/woman theory has its limits. </DIV>
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<DIV>I am concerned about surivival of government supported adult literacy and education programs. Will the National Coalition for Literacy soon have a staff and be ready to step up to the plate and provide leadership? Does it have the capacity to do so? Can it do so in time?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks Ellen, for raising questions. It is good to be careful about how we express ourselves.</DIV>
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<DIV>Linda</DIV>
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