Global civil society : contested futures / edited by Gideon Baker and David Chandler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Gideon, 1973-

Chandler, David, 1962-

Series:

Routledge advances in international relations and politics ; 32.

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

Civil society.

Non-governmental organizations.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xi, 205 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

emerging positions on global civil society and the key points of overlap and disagreement between them. The authors explore and critically evaluate a variety of perspectives: the cosmopolitan vision; the view of global civil society as transnational movements advocating a growing moralization of world politics; the neo-Gramscian approach and the more skeptical views, advancing new possibilities for understanding the role of non-state actors in global politics. This book brings together for the first time the whole range of established and alternative voices on global civil society, both congratulatory and critical, to set a marker for the state of the debate about global civil society today. Many of the authors provide new perspectives on what global civil society means today. This book will prove invaluable for students and researchers in the fields of International Politics, Democratization and Civil Society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415354803

OCLC:

55658002