Civil society and global poverty : hegemony, inclusivity, legitimacy / live Gabay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gabay, Clive, author.

Series:

Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation ; 26.

Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global Call to Action Against Poverty (Organization).

Poverty--Government policy.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is world's largest civil society movement fighting against poverty and inequality, incorporating over 100 affiliated country-level coalitions. It has become a significant global actor and its annual days of mobilisation now attract over 175 million people around the world. This book seeks to explore GCAP's power and its embodiment of emancipatory change. It develops a framework that assesses its external power as an actor by exploring how power works in it, and the relationship between the two. Gabay demonstrates that GCAP, and

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of boxes and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Something is happening here ... conceptual clarity; Conceptualising GCAP; Research design; Chapter outline - hegemony, inclusion, legitimacy; Power: an interlude; 2 Hegemony; Introduction; Monitory oppositionality; Standing up against ... who? what?; Empty signifiers and contested meanings; The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Conclusion; 3 Inclusivity; Introduction; Constituting the cosmos; The multiple and contradictory practices of international NGOs in GCAP

Reworking powerConclusion; 4 Legitimacy; Introduction; Constructing GCAP at the grassroots; GCAP acting ...; Conclusion; 5 Implications and conclusions; Introduction; Framing the research; Implications of the research; Hegemony, inclusion and legitimacy: the holistic view; Further avenues of research; Final comments; Appendix 1 Interviews; Appendix 2 Email to research participants requesting participation for interviews; Appendix 3 Consent form and information sheet shown to research participants at interview; Appendix 4 Interview themes and questions

Appendix 5 The Millennium Development GoalsNotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-60565-1

9786613918109

1-136-26289-X

0-203-10765-9

9780203107652

OCLC:

811506175