CART: 0 item(s) $0.00Reshaping World Politics: NGOs, the Internet, and Global Civil Society
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"This book is a useful compilation for anyone interested in how such NGOs see themselves or in the details of their operations. It would be an appropriate supplementary text for courses on international affairs and globalization."— International Affairs
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This book examines the ways in which nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) contribute to the development and maintenance of global civil society. Basing his argument on the contention that "people make politics," the author investigates eight NGOs and connects their organizational activities to global civil society's dynamics and processes.
In constructing an analytical framework for understanding global civil society, the author reviews traditional understandings of civil society, integrates these with a classical theoretical approach that places people at the center of world politics, and conceptualizes global civil society in terms of three elemental characteristics: dynamism, inclusiveness, and cognizance. This framework is then used to present case studies that evaluate the roles of the Internet and of environmental and development NGOs in an age of globalization.
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Earth Island Institute, Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace, JustAct, Womankind Worldwide, Oxfam Great Britain, Institute for Global Communications, One World.
About the Author
Craig Warkentin is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York in Oswego.