: Re: Examples of books advocating for political/educational reform? I've had an idea in my head for a while to write a book advocating for political and educational reform in Canada, but I'm unsure

@Kristi637

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The answers are yes and yes.

There are many many books about political and educational reform. Some are quite well-known. Savage Inequalities is one well-known classic (it also inspired a documentary of the same name). Pedagogy of the Oppressed is another, and The Mis-Education of the Negro is a third.
It's very hard to publish any book without qualifications of some sort. Why would people read it? They don't necessarily need to be academic qualifications, practical ones can work as well. But writing with no expertise, credentials or experience generally equates to uniformed opinion-spouting. You might be able to compensate for this if you are an excellent researcher, and you present your book as a compilation or popularization of primary sources.

One thing to consider is that reform books in general are always swimming against the current, by definition. The fact that you yourself haven't heard of any of the classics of this genre despite your own interest in it speaks to the challenges your book will face in finding an audience.

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