Global Citizen
“This highly readable collection focuses on the issue of global civil society. This is (rather narrowly) defined as 'the arena in which people come together to advance their interests they hold in common, not for profit or political power, but because they care enough about something to take collective action' (Edwards, p.2). There is an immediate problem with this definition. The focus of the book is on NGOs and social movements. Such movements are certainly a key part of global civil society, but are not all of it.”
Kiely, Ray
Edited by Michael Edwards and John Gaventa
Civil society, or citizen's groups, have taken centre stage in international policy debates and global problem solving. They hold out the promise of a global community and global governance. This volume, by leading scholars and participants, shows how to understand the changes that are occurring, particularly in relation to the international institutions involved. It includes case studies from all the major social movements of the 1990s.
Introduction by Michael Edwards
Part 1 Conceptual frameworks
Ethical globalization by John Clark
Transnational civil society by Ann Florini
Part II Global Campaigns Global Civil Society and the International Financial Institutions
Transnational civil society coalitions and the World Bank by David Brown and Jonathan Fox
Information, location and legitimacy by Paul Nelson
Constructing a Southern constituency for global advocacy by Manuel Chiriboga
The IMF and civil society by Jan Aart Scholte
Civil society participation in multilateral lending operations by Diana Tussie and Maria Fernanda Tuozzo
Part III Global Campaigns
Landmines: NGO-government collaboration by Matthew Scott
Jubilee 2000 by Carole Collins, Zie Gariyo and Tony Burdon
Cross-border organizing around alternatives to free trade by John Cavanagh, Sarah Anderson and Karen Hansen Kuhn
National coalitions and global campaigns: The International Children's Rights Movement by Tom Lent and Roy Trivedy
The global spread of participatory approaches to development by Kamal Singh
Global citizen action on the environment by Peter Newell
From the corridors of power to the global negotiating table by Felix Dodds
Part IV Lessons Learned
International networking for women's human rights by Charlotte Bunch with Peggy Antrobus, Samantha Frost and Niamh Reilly
Community exchanges for urban transformation by Sheela Patel, Joel Bolnick and Diana Mitlin
NGOs, research and international advocacy by Caroline Harper
Effective international campaigns by Jennifer Chapman
Global citizen action by John Gaventa
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