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2010
In the 20 years from 1989 and the collapse of communism – the “end of history” for some – to 2009 much has changed in terms of how global civil society is viewed by commentators and by powerful political actors. While it was once the shining beacon of civility and progress it is now largely marginalized when not demonized as part of the “dark forces ...
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In the 20 years from 1989 and the collapse of communism – the “end of history” for some – to 2009 much has changed in terms of how global civil society is viewed by commentators and by powerful political actors. While it was once the shining beacon of civility and progress it is now largely marginalized when not demonized as part of the “dark forces ...
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Foreign Affairs, 2003
John Keane, a leading scholar of political theory, tracks the recent development of a big idea with fresh potency - global civil society. In this timely book, Keane explores the contradictory forces currently nurturing or threatening its growth, and he shows how talk of global civil society implies a political vision of a less violent world, founded on
G. John Ikenberry, John Keane
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John Keane, a leading scholar of political theory, tracks the recent development of a big idea with fresh potency - global civil society. In this timely book, Keane explores the contradictory forces currently nurturing or threatening its growth, and he shows how talk of global civil society implies a political vision of a less violent world, founded on
G. John Ikenberry, John Keane
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Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2004
For many commentators, global civil society is revolutionising our approach to global politics, as new non-state-based and border-free expressions of political community challenge territorial sovereignty as the exclusive basis for political community and identity.
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For many commentators, global civil society is revolutionising our approach to global politics, as new non-state-based and border-free expressions of political community challenge territorial sovereignty as the exclusive basis for political community and identity.
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European Journal of Sociology, 2007
There has been much discussion recently of “global civil society”. This concept evidently draws on the more familiar civil society concept as related to national societies. What are the consequences of extending the concept in this way? Is global civil society simply civil society writ large, an extension to the international plane of basically the ...
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There has been much discussion recently of “global civil society”. This concept evidently draws on the more familiar civil society concept as related to national societies. What are the consequences of extending the concept in this way? Is global civil society simply civil society writ large, an extension to the international plane of basically the ...
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Civil Society, Globalization, and Global Civil Society
Journal of Civil Society, 2008Recently, there has been much discussion of ‘global civil society’. This concept evidently draws on the more familiar civil society concept as related to national societies. What are the consequences of extending the concept in this way? Is global civil society simply civil society writ large, an extension to the international plane of basically the ...
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American Behavioral Scientist, 1998
The growth of international political and economic institutions has both facilitated and demanded cooperation among social change activists from different countries, contributing to the rapid expansion of transnationally organized social movements. But to what extent do these increasingly visible movements manifest a “global civil society”?
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The growth of international political and economic institutions has both facilitated and demanded cooperation among social change activists from different countries, contributing to the rapid expansion of transnationally organized social movements. But to what extent do these increasingly visible movements manifest a “global civil society”?
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Theory, Culture & Society, 2006
terms of dialogue, we should allow for other, nonEuropean experiences, aspirations and perspectives as well in assessing different global democracy initiatives. Finally, a concrete utopia is a model of practical and institutional arrangements that does not currently exist, but should be politically possible to achieve, and feasible as an alternative ...
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terms of dialogue, we should allow for other, nonEuropean experiences, aspirations and perspectives as well in assessing different global democracy initiatives. Finally, a concrete utopia is a model of practical and institutional arrangements that does not currently exist, but should be politically possible to achieve, and feasible as an alternative ...
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2000
As other chapters in this book have amply demonstrated, globalization has considerably redrawn the contours of the world political economy. Production, trade, investment and finance have acquired different dynamics, as have the regulatory frameworks that order them.
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As other chapters in this book have amply demonstrated, globalization has considerably redrawn the contours of the world political economy. Production, trade, investment and finance have acquired different dynamics, as have the regulatory frameworks that order them.
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Interpreting Global Civil Society
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2002This paper argues that, to date, current research into global civil society suffers from weak description and inadequate theorization. The way forward requires interpreting global civil society as a progressive multiorganization field with innovative network forms and transformative purpose.
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