Global matters for non-governmental public action / edited by Jude Howell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howell, Jude.

Series:

Non-governmental public action series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pressure groups.

Social action.

Non-governmental organizations.

Physical Description:

xvii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"Jude Howell brings together eight in-depth studies of the politics of global non-governmental public action. Covering detailed empirical research around the themes of environmentalism, security, children's rights and more, the contributors explore the complex politics amongst non-governmental public actors acting transnationally."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Global Norms, Domestic Politics: Children's Rights and Civil Society in Argentina / J.Grugel & E.Peruzzotti

Post-9/11 Global Security Regime and Non-governmental Public Action / J.Howell

NGO Coalitions and the Global Access to Medicines Campaign: the Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Developing Countries / D.Matthews

The Influence of Transnational Non-governmental Public Actors on Policy Processes and Policy Outcomes: Rethinking North-south Relations / R.Crook

NGOs, the State and 'Cultural Values': Imagining the Global in Sri Lanka / H.Amarasuriya & J.Spencer

Alternative Media and Public Action: How Online Media Movements (Don't) Use Resources / A.Spicer

North-South Environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) / B.Doherty & T.Doyle

Global Policy and the Public Action of Private Philanthropy: the Open Society Foundation / D.Stone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230290358

0230290353

OCLC:

792880351