NGOs in the communications age: Transnational actors and the international agenda.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Lee, Alan Joseph.

Contributor:

Smith, Donald E., advisor.

University of Pennsylvania.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

0616.

Penn dissertations--International relations.

International relations--Penn dissertations.

Local Subjects:

Penn dissertations--International relations.

International relations--Penn dissertations.

0616.

Physical Description:

322 pages

Contained In:

Dissertation Abstracts International 52-03A.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

The ability of nongovernmental organizations to provoke action by states in the international system may, to a large degree, rest upon their ability to influence or promote norms. Has the mass communications revolution enhanced the ability of certain NGOs to operate as effective transnational pressure groups? Is it possible that such pressure activities by NGOs produce norms in the form of regimes which have long-term influence on the behavior of states? The dissertation examines these questions by examining the actions of NGOs in general; four specific NGOs as case studies (Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Better World Society, and Band Aid Trust); and the new uses of mass communications to influence states through the ability to gain direct access to their peoples. The flow of information through the porous borders of societies may produce a new type of transnational politics.

Notes:

Thesis (Ph.D. in International Relations) -- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1991.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: A, page: 1069.

Supervisor: Donald E. Smith.

Local Notes:

School code: 0175.

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