Abstract
This chapter explores the policy activism of people who work in government agencies, using empirical material that traverses a range of agencies and policy matters in the health sector. In considering what the term 'policy activist' might mean, different issues arise depending on whether these policy activists are working inside the government or are based in community organisations and networks. For community-based activists the major issue concerns the integrity of their role in the policy process, whereas for the policy insider the issue resides in deciding whether or not they are an activist. Alternatively, rather than bringing their activism with them, people may develop an activist orientation through working in government agencies. Health professionals working in service delivery may take up the cause of their client group, and try to influence policy on their behalf. The contemporary environment of government agencies in the health arena lends itself to an immanent activist engagement.
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