Bagtas, Cedric R. <br/><br/>
Political action manual:   a guide for lobbying and campaigns / 
Cedric R. Bagtas and Luis Manuel Corral. 
 - Quezon City, Philippines:  The Democracy Development Projects, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines,  1997. 
 - 128 pages:  illustrations;  22 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Book 1: Field preparation -- Structure of the TUCP political action program -- Membership -- Identifying target areas -- Pointers in optimizing activities of advocates -- Book 2: Sowing the seeds of the workers -- Why workers have to mobilize during elections -- The workers' potentials -- Making labor an election issue -- Evaluating the candidates -- Sponsoring a candidates' forum on labor -- Attending other appearances by the candidates -- Volunteering with a campaign -- Running campaigns -- Election laws and the party-list representative system -- Increasing voter participation and ensuring free and honest elections -- An effective voters' registration drive -- An effective get-out-the-vote drive -- Effective campaign monitoring and election follow-through -- Labor and election discussion in churches -- Publicity: working with the media -- Book 3: Caring/weeding for greater yield -- Pursuing a legislative and social agenda -- Addressing issues through legislation -- The struggle for legislation and execution of social relief: how a bill becomes a law -- Advocacy -- Lobbying -- Coalition networking -- Influencing policy on execution of laws -- Polling in campaigning and lobbying 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9718531025 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political action committees--Philippines--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Political participation.<br/>Lobbying--Philippines.