Civil society, religion and global governance : paradigms of power and persuasion / edited by Helen James.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James, Helen, 1947-

Series:

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; 56.

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society.

Religion and civilization.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 313 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction : civil society, religion and global governance : the power and persuasiveness of civil society / Helen James

National security : proportionality, restraint and common sense / Michael Kirby

Human security, identity politics and global governance : from freedom from fear to fear of freedoms / Amitav Acharya

A transcivilisational perspective on global issues in the twenty-first century : a way to overcome Euro-America-centric discourses on world affairs in the twenty-first century / Yasuaki Onuma

The Anglican church, the state and modern warfare / Philip Towle

Religion and the destruction of Aboriginal society : the paradox of Australian indigenous civil societies / Gordon Briscoe

Church-state relations and civil society in former communist countries / Robert F. Miller

War and the role of religion in a global civil society / Joseph Runzo

Citizenship as consumption or citizenship as agency? : the challenge for civil society in Latin-America / Philip Oxhorn

Corruption, institutions and transcultural interaction / Seumas Miller

Postsecular civil society / Wayne Hudson

Christian custom and the Church as structure in 'weak states' in Melanesia / Bronwen Douglas

Governance, civil society and economic development : a view from the Pacific / Ron Duncan

Community development and globalisation / Isagani Serrano

Confronting Burma/Myanmar's security dilemma : an integrated approach to national and human security issues / Zar Ni

The place of religion in the Iranian fertility transition / Peter McDonald, Md Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi

Faith, NGOs and the politics of development in Bangladesh / Bina D'Costa

Contesting 'globalisation from above' : international non-governmental organisations and the prospects for global social contract / Baogang He, Hannah Murphy

Kifaya as political culture : the Egyptian presidential election, 2005 / Jacky Angus

Religious-based civil society and anti-corruption campaign : the Indonesian experience in the creation of good governance / Azyumardi Azra

Conclusion : paradigms of a more civil society / Helen James.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415420148

9780415420143

0203963210

9780203963210

OCLC:

74568827