Constructing World Culture : International Nongovernmental Organizations Since 1875 / ed. by John Boli, George M. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barrett, Deborah, Contributor.

Berkovitch, Nitza, Contributor.

Boli, John, Contributor.

Boli, John, Editor.

Chabbott, Colette, Contributor.

Finnemore, Martha, Contributor.

Frank, David John, Contributor.

Hironaka, Ann, Contributor.

Kim, Young S., Contributor.

Loftin, Teresa, Contributor.

Loya, Thomas A., Contributor.

Meyer, John W., Contributor.

Schofer, Evan, Contributor.

Thomas, George M., Contributor.

Thomas, George M., Editor.

Tuma, Nancy Brandon, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.) : 19 figures, 19 tables

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book illuminates the central role played by international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) in the emergence and development of a comprehensive world polity. The contributors argue that the enormous proliferation of INGOs since 1875—including international environmental organizations, human rights groups, bodies formed to regulate technical standards, and economic development organizations, among others—both reflects and contributes to the spread of global institutions and cultural principles based on models of rationality, individualism, progress, and universalism. The contributors contrast this world-polity perspective to other approaches to understanding globalization, including realist and neo-realist analyses in the field of international relations, and world-system theory and interstate competition theory in sociology. The volume considers transnational organizing as a historical process of the creation of global rules and norms, changing over time, that have identifiable effects on social organization at the national and local levels. The chapters provide empirical support for this approach, identifying specific mechanisms that translate global cultural assumptions and prescriptions into local social activity, such as the creation of state agencies, the formulation of government policies, and the emergence of social movements. The first part of the book deals with social movement INGOs, including environmental groups, women’s rights organizations, the Esperanto movement, and the International Red Cross. The second part treats technical and economic bodies, including the International Organization for Standardization, population policy groups, development organizations, and international professional science associations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Figures and Tables

Contributors

Introduction

Part One: International Nongovernmental Organizations in the World Polity

1. INGOs and the Organization of World Culture

2. National Participation in World-Polity Organization

Part Two: Social Movement Sectors

3. The Rationalization and Organization of Nature in World Culture

4. The Emergence and Transformation of the International Women's Movement

5. Constructing a Global Identity: The Role of Esperanto

6. Rules of War and Wars of Rules: The International Red Cross and the Restraint of State Violence

Part Three: Technical, Scientific, and Development Sectors

7. Standardization in the World Polity: Technical Rationality over Power

8. Population Control for National Development: From World Discourse to National Policies

9. Development INGOs

10. Science Associations in the International Sphere, 1875-1990: The Rationalization of Science and the Scientization of Society

Conclusion: World Authority Structures and Legitimations

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-1768-8

OCLC:

1322124557