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Author:   Martin Albrow ,  Helmut K Anheier ,  Marlies Glasius ,  Monroe E Price
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   2007-2008 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.980kg
ISBN:  

9781412948012

ISBN 10:   1412948010
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   22 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781848600157
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

PART ONE: CONCEPTS Democracy, Global Publics and World Opinion - Vincent Price Democracy and Globalization - Mary Kaldor Civil Society and the Global Market for Loyalties - Monroe E Price PART TWO: DEMOCRACY Democracy Promotion and Civil Society - Armine Ishkanian Global Civil Society and Illiberal Regimes - Mary Kaldor and Denise Kostovicova Deepening Democracy in Latin America - Miguel Darcy de Oliveira Accountability in a Globalising World - Helmut Anheier and Amber Hawkes PART THREE: COMMUNICATIVE POWER Democratic Advance or Retreat? Communicative Power and Current Media Developments - James Deane Voices of Global Civil Society: Cartoonists, Comic Strip Artists and Graphic Novelists Media Spaces: Innovation and Activism - Clifford Bob, Jonathan Haynes, Victor Pickard, Thomas Keenan and Nick Couldry Language and Global Politics - Sabine Selchow De-Naturalising the ′Global′ PART FOUR: RECORDS Diffusion Models and Global Civil Society - Helmut Anheier, Hagai Katz and Marcus Lam Data Programme Chronology - Compiled my Jill Timms

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Helmut K. Anheier, PhD, is President and Dean at the Hertie School of Governance, and holds a chair of sociology at Heidelberg University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1986, was a senior researcher at John Hopkins School of Public Policy, Professor of Public Policy and Social Welfare at UCLA′s Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Professor Anheier founded and directed the Centre for Civil Society at LSE, the Center for Civil Society at UCLA, and the Center for Social Investment at Heidelberg. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as social affairs officer to the United Nations.  He is author of over 400 publications, and won various international prizes and recognitions for his scholarship. Amongst his recent book publications are Nonprofit Organizations - Theory, Management, Policy (London: Routledge, 2014), A Versatile American Institution: The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations with David Hammack (Washington, DC: Brookings, 2013) and The Global Studies Encyclopedia with Mark Juergensmeyer (5 vols, Sage, 2012).  He is the principal academic lead of the Hertie School´s annual Governance Report (Oxford University Press, 2013-), and currently working on projects relating to indicator research, social innovation, and success and failure in philanthropy.

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