Global Civil Society 2004/5
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Global Civil Society 2004/5

  1. 392 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Global Civil Society 2004/5

About this book

The war in Iraq brought global politics into the living rooms of ordinary people around the world in 2003-4. This defining event, which influenced the domestic agenda in many countries, may change the way people perceive power and the politics of power.

The Global Civil Society Yearbook shows how those perceptions can be shaped by the huge diversity of individuals, movements, NGOs, networks - and the ideas and values they represent - acting across borders and beyond national politics.

Now in its fourth year of publication, the Global Civil Society Yearbook is the standard work on the topic, essential reading for social and political scientists, activists, students, journalists and policy makers.

Global Civil Society 2004/5 adopts an unorthodox approach to major geo-political issues including oil, the Middle East and democracy. Yahia Said examines oil and activism, Mohamed el Said-Sayed explores Middle Eastern perspectives, and Heba Raouf Ezzat outlines a new multicultural approach to global civil society.

The emergence of what Mary Kaldor calls ?a new kind of global politics? has implications for sovereignty and democracy, which Global Civil Society 2004/5 tackles head-on. Hilary Wainwright identifies the conditions in which global civil society can strengthen and reinvigorate local democracy. In contrast, Kenneth Anderson and David Rieff question global civil society?s claim to represent world opinion, arguing that the hotchpotch of environmental groups, feminist networks and human rights activists are merely undemocratic and unaccountable ?social movement missionaries.?

Global Civil Society 2004-5 includes a wealth of data on globalisation, the rule of law, NGO growth, values and attitudes, governance, civil liberties and a chronology of the myriad protests, conferences and campaigns that are the sinews of global civil society.

"Global Civil Society 2002 was a gripping read. Global Civil Society 2003 was stimulating, informative and authoritative. I am delighted to recommend this series, which fills an important gap in research on globalisation."

Anthony Giddens

"One of the great unreported events of the last decade has been the total explosion of nongovernment organisations in developing countries of the world. While I was shaving the other day, I looked in the mirror and thought, "Wow, I am an NGO!" I have always been interested in this, but I am more interested since I discovered I was one. And that?s why I?d recommend this Yearbook."

Bill Clinton

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Contributors
  4. Introduction
  5. Part I: Concepts of Global Civil Society
  6. Chapter 1 - 'Global Civil Society': A Sceptical View
  7. Chapter 2 - Beyond Methodological Modernism: Towards a Multicultural Paradigm Shift in the Social Sciences
  8. Chapter 3 - Global Civil Society: An Arab Perspective
  9. Part II: Issues in Global Civil Society
  10. Chapter 4 - Global Civil Society: Oil and Activism
  11. Chapter 5 - Civil Society, Democracy and Power: Global Connections
  12. Part III: Infrastructure of Global Civil Society
  13. Chapter 6 - The New Pioneers: The People Behind Global Civil Society
  14. Chapter 7 - Philanthropic Foundations: A New Global Force?
  15. Chapter 8 - Trade Union Internationalism and a Global Civil Society in the Making
  16. Part IV: Records of Global Civil Society
  17. Network Approaches to Global Civil Society
  18. Data Programme
  19. Maps
  20. Chronology of Global Civil Society Events
  21. Index