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Global Civil Society 2002, the second in this annual landmark series, edited by Helmut Anheier, Marlies Glasius and Mary Kaldor from the London School of Economics, will continue to engage in fundamental and topical debates about global civil society, giving more explicit attention this year to the role of civil society in different political and cultural contexts around the world, with contributions from noted scholars including Abdullahi An-Na'im and Saskia Sassen. The opening chapter will discuss recent developments, focusing in particular on the various impacts of 11 September on global civil society. Other essays consider global civil society and religion and global civil society's relation with entrenched corporate and state power structures. Case studies will examine global civil society activities on Aids and other diseases, on the International Criminal Court and in relation to corporate social responsibility. Further chapters will discuss how global civil society is organised, the role of the media in giving access to global public debates, and the role of diaspora networks in the politics of global cities. The closing section will again provide a wealth of data on global civil society. It will contain a chronology of the global civil society events of 2001, new information on parallel global civil society summits, and updates on last year's topics. Its unique table programme will map and measure processes of globalisation and the thickening international rule of law, and provide new information on international non-governmental organisations and their leaders, on norms and values people hold all over the world, and on their participation in global civil society through activism, giving or volunteering.

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Author:   Marlies Glasius ,  Mary Kaldor ,  Helmut K. Anheier ,  Centre for Civil Society and the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.186kg
ISBN:  

9780199251698

ISBN 10:   019925169
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   01 November 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: CONCEPTS OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY; The State of Global Civil Society; Civil Society: The Globalisation of a Paradox; Global Civil Society and Religion; PART II: ISSUES IN GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY; Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Global Disease: The Case of HIV/AIDS; Global Civil Society and Corporate Responsibility; Expertise in the Cause of Justice: Global Civil Society Influence on the Establishment of the International Criminal Court; PART IV: INFRASTRUCTURE OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY; Transformation of the Media and Access to Global Public Debates; Organisations in Global Civil Society: Forms and Management; Global Cities and Diasporic Networks: Microsites of Global Civil Society; PART IV RECORDS OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY; Developing a Global Civil Society

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