CASE STUDIES ON POWER MAP QUESTIONS - Series - 13

 CASE STUDIES ON POWER MAP QUESTIONS

Question 1:

What is power mapping, and how was it used in the case study of the Keystone XL

Pipeline?

Answer:

Power mapping is a technique for identifying and analyzing the influence and power each stakeholder has in a particular situation. In the case of the Keystone XL Pipeline, power mapping was used to identify key decision-makers (such as the U.S. President, the State Department, and Congress), recognize influencers and stakeholders (including environmental groups, indigenous communities, and oil companies), and develop strategies to influence decision-makers. 

Activists used grassroots protests, legal challenges, and media campaigns to pressure decision-makers, ultimately leading to the project's rejection by President Obama in2015, revival under President Trump, and permanent cancellation by President Biden in 2021.

Question 2:

What were the key strategies used by Amazon warehouse workers and their allies to influence decision-makers during their unionization attempts?

Answer:

Amazon warehouse workers and their allies used several strategies to influence

decision-makers, including:

1. Garnering media attention and support from political figures like Bernie Sanders and

Elizabeth Warren.

2. Using social media to highlight Amazon's anti-union activities and poor working

conditions.

3. Organizing rallies and strikes to pressure Amazon's management.

These efforts led to a significant victory in April 2022 when workers at an Amazon

warehouse in Staten Island, New York, successfully voted to form a union, marking the first major success in Amazon unionization efforts.

Question 3:

How did power mapping help address challenges in the distribution of COVID-19

vaccines?

Answer:

Power mapping helped identify key decision-makers (such as the WHO, national

governments, and pharmaceutical companies) and stakeholders (including doctors,

non-profits like COVAX, and tech companies) involved in vaccine distribution. It also

highlighted opponents like anti-vaccine movements and certain politicians. 


Strategies to influence decision 

makers included launching awareness programs to counter misinformation, 

partnering with social media companies to label false information, and forming 

global  alliances like COVAX to distribute vaccines to low-income countries. Bymid-

2021, these efforts resulted in more than half of the world's population being 

vaccinated,though vaccine hesitancy remained a challenge.


...........................To be continued

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