Non-state actors in international relations / edited by Bas Arts, Math Noortmann and Bob Reinalda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arts, Bas.

Noortmann, Math.

Reinalda, Bob.

Series:

Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series

Non-state actors in international law, politics and governance series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Non-governmental organizations.

Physical Description:

xvi, 318 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

1. Non-State Actors in International Relations: Do They Matter? / Bob Reinalda, Bas Arts, Math Noortmann 1

Part I Three Perspectives: Political Science, Policy Studies, and International Law

2. Private in Form, Public in Purpose: NGOs in International Relations Theory / Bob Reinalda 11

3. International Policy Arrangements of State and Non-State Actors / Bas Arts 41

4. Non-State Actors in International Law / Math Noortmann 59

Part II International Relations Theory, Nation-States and Non-State Actors

5. The Relevance of Being Important or the Importance of Being Relevant? State and Non-State Actors in International Relations Theory / Anton Weenink 79

6. The De-Territorialisation of Political Authority by the European Union / Hans Vollaard 93

7. Defining National Preferences: The Influence of International Non-State Actors / Femke Van Esch 109

8. Non-State Actors in Foreign Policy Making: A Policy Subsystem Approach / Bertjan Verbeek, Philip Quarles Van Ufford 127

9. Theorising Power Relations Between NGOs, Inter-Governmental Organisations and States / Bob Reinalda, Bertjan Verbeek 145

Part III Non-State Actors in International Arenas

10. The Influence of Trade Unions on the Social Clause Controversy in the International Labour Organisation and its Working Party / Gerda Van Roozendaal 161

11. Co-operation and Discord: NGOs and the NAFTA / Barbara Hogenboom 177

12. The Impact of Environmental NGOs on International Conventions / Bas Arts 195

13. Multinational Enterprises and International Climate Policy / Ans Kolk 211

Part IV International Civil Society

14. Building Transnational Advocacy Networks before 1965: Diffusion from the Indian Nationalist Movement to the American Civil Rights Movement / Sean Chabot 229

15. The Impact of Private Aid Agencies on Civil Society Development / Kees Biekart 247

16. Early Warning by NGOs in Conflict Areas / Edwin Bakker 263

17. The Russian Mafiya: A Private Actor in International Relations? / Anton Weenink 279

18. The Quest for Unity in Empirical and Conceptual Complexity / Math Noortmann, Bas Arts, Bob Reinalda 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

075461848X

OCLC:

47270968