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Strategy (category hub)

Summary

The strategy category covers the analysis and planning work that comes before tactics: diagnosing power, choosing a target, setting objectives, sequencing work, and adapting as the campaign learns [source: people-power-manual].

Body

Strategy is the discipline of deciding where to push before deciding how to push. The People Power Manual frames campaign strategy as a participatory sequence: broad context and power analysis, problem cutting, theory of change, allies and targets, campaign objectives, tactical timeline, and evaluation [source: people-power-manual]. The Commons Library serves as the wider craft library for campaign strategy, organising, communications, digital campaigning, and fundraising [source: commons-library].

In this wiki, strategy pages include tools such as power-mapping, stakeholder-analysis, spectrum-of-allies, theory-of-change, smart-goals, swot-analysis, force-field-analysis, and the-campaign-cycle. These tools do different jobs, but they share one purpose: they make a campaign’s assumptions visible enough that a team can debate them, test them, and revise them.

Strategy also connects to tactic choice. Beautiful Trouble provides principles and cases for creative action, while ICNC grounds civil-resistance strategy and tactic frameworks in research and educational resources [source: beautiful-trouble] [source: icnc]. A strong strategy hub therefore does not prescribe one path; it helps a team match its target, base, risk, timing, and theory of change.

Use it for

Choosing where to focus a campaign; aligning a coalition on goals; connecting analysis to tactics; evaluating whether an existing plan still fits the political landscape.

FAQ

What is the Strategy category?

The Strategy category is the wiki’s grouping for the analysis and planning work that comes before tactics: diagnosing power, choosing a target, setting objectives, sequencing work, and adapting as the campaign learns [source: people-power-manual]. Strategy is the discipline of deciding where to push before deciding how to push.

What does strategy include?

The People Power Manual frames campaign strategy as a participatory sequence: broad context and power analysis, problem cutting, theory of change, allies and targets, campaign objectives, tactical timeline, and evaluation [source: people-power-manual]. The Commons Library serves as the wider craft library for campaign strategy, organising, communications, digital campaigning, and fundraising [source: commons-library]. In this wiki, strategy pages include tools such as power-mapping, stakeholder-analysis, spectrum-of-allies, theory-of-change, smart-goals, swot-analysis, force-field-analysis, and the-campaign-cycle.

How does strategy connect to tactic choice?

Strategy also connects to tactic choice. Beautiful Trouble provides principles and cases for creative action, while ICNC grounds civil-resistance strategy and tactic frameworks in research and educational resources [source: beautiful-trouble] [source: icnc]. A strong strategy hub does not prescribe one path; it helps a team match its target, base, risk, timing, and theory of change. The strategy hub’s job is to make a campaign’s assumptions visible enough that a team can debate them, test them, and revise them.

When is the Strategy hub useful?

The hub is useful when a team needs to choose where to focus a campaign, align a coalition on goals, connect analysis to tactics, or evaluate whether an existing plan still fits the political landscape. The adjacent tools — power mapping, theory of change, spectrum of allies, the campaign cycle, smart goals, SWOT, stakeholder analysis, campaign planning — share one purpose: making a campaign’s assumptions visible enough to debate, test, and revise.

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