The Rise Of Global Civil Society

Author : Don Eberly
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458762777
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Global Civil Society written by Don Eberly and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global news is generally bad news. On the surface, the story is about war, poverty, ethnic and sectarian strife. Democracy movements advanced by the U.S. government seem to be stalled or even reversed. Yet just below the surface, more hopeful trends are brewing. A new global awareness of the people at ''the bottom of the pyramid'' is summoning forth an unprecedented response to human need and suffering. It involves a shift from vertical to horizontal power that official aid agencies are only beginning to comprehend. Whereas twenty-five years ago government aid accounted for 70 percent of all American outflows, today 85 percent of all outflows of resources come from private individuals, businesses, religious congregations, universities, and immigrant communities. If aid policy in the twentieth century relied on top-down bureaucracy dominated by policy specialists and elites, the twenty-first century is shaping up as an era in which citizens, social entrepreneurs, and volunteers link up to solve problems. U.S. military and economic power are basic components of America's presence in the world; but in an environment of rampant anti-Americanism, it is compassion that is America's most consequential export. Civil society, once the distinctive characteristic of American democracy, is now advancing across the globe, carrying with it new forms of philanthropy, citizenship, and volunteerism. Tens of thousands of voluntary associations are prying open closed societies from within, solving problems in new ways, and forming the seedbed for a long-term cultivation of democratic norms. The Rise of Global Civil Society presents a sweeping overview of the forces now shaping the global debate, including citizen-led development projects, poverty reduction strategies that substitute opportunity for charity, and electronically linked movements to combat corruption and autocratic rule.

Author : James W. St.G. Walker
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554581400
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Mass written by James W. St.G. Walker and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public concern about inequitable economic globalization has revealed the demand for citizen participation in global decision making. Civil society organizations have taken up the challenge, holding governments and corporations accountable for their decisions and actions, and developing collaborative solutions to the dominant problems of our time. Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society offers a unique mixture of experience and analysis by the leaders of some of the most influential global civil society organizations and respected academics who specialize in this field of study. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Author : John Keane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521894623
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Civil Society? written by John Keane and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 legally sanctioned power-sharing arrangements among different and intermingling forms of socio-economic life. Keane's reflections are pitted against the widespread feeling that the world is both too complex and too violent to deserve serious reflection. His account borrows from various scholarly disciplines, including political science and international relations, to challenge the silence and confusion within much of contemporary literature on globalisation and global governance. Against fears of terrorism, rising tides of xenophobia, and loose talk of 'anti-globalisation', the defence of global civil society mounted here implies the need for new democratic ways of living.

Author : Rupert Taylor
Publisher : Kumarian Press
ISBN 13 : 1565491882
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating a Better World written by Rupert Taylor and published by Kumarian Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Takes an interdisciplinary approach to interpreting global civil society * Contributors are some of the leading theoreticians in the field * A sound handbook for activism The term "global civil society" has become a catchphrase of our times. But efforts to define and interpret what global civil society actually is have led to ambiguity and dispute. This major work of scholarship and advocacy pierces through the generalizations and debates. It presents cogent examples of groups within civil society--from the Seattle and Genoa protesters to transnational grassroots movements, such as Slum/Shack Dwellers International--that are creatively meeting the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly interconnected world. The contributors offer clarity and the hope that another world is possible--one in which civil society’s global networks can effectively create a free, fair, and just global order. Scholars, students, and anyone interested in understanding new forces influencing contemporary world politics will want to have this book on their shelves.

Author : Ann M. Florini
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0870033050
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Third Force written by Ann M. Florini and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the landmines campaign to the Seattle protests against the WTO to the World Commission on Dams, transnational networks of civil society groups are seizing an ever-greater voice in how governments run countries and how corporations do business. This volume brings together a multinational group of authors to help policy makers, scholars, business people, and activists themselves understand the profound issues raised. Contributors include Fredrik Galtung, Rebecca Johnson, Sanjeev Khagram, Chetan Kumar, Motoko Mekata, Thomas Risse, P.J. Simmons, and Yahya Dehqanzada.

Author : Helmut K Anheier
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1847877818
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Civil Society 2006/7 written by Helmut K Anheier and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-10-02 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ′Even though current public interest and engagement in issues of global violence are the results of terribly tragic and disturbing events, it is good that these matters are receiving widespread attention. I argue for a wider use of our voice in the working of global civil society - to be distinguished from military initiatives and strategic activities of governments. The Global Civil Society Yearbook can make a substantial contribution to the expression of public voice without border′ - Amartya Sen Suicide bombings, collateral damage, kidnappings and air strikes pepper the lexicon of twenty-first century politics. Global Civil Society 2006/7 explores the complex relationship between violence, civil society and legitimacy in a unique dialogue that crosses political, cultural and religious boundaries. Is the use of violence by non-state actors ever justified? How is violence transmitted from the private to the public sphere? Why is terror and ′the war on terror′ catalysing rather than suppressing violence? Do Western and Islamic traditions of thought offer any solutions? This edition of the Yearbook also includes new research on economic and social rights, the politics of water, and football. Chapters include: - Not Even a Tree: Can Violence be Justified in a Global Era? Mary Kaldor and Heba Raouf Ezzat - Bringing Violence ′Back Home′ Jenny Pearce - Pipe dream or Panacea? Global Civil Society and Economic and Social Rights Marlies Glasius - War and Peace: the Role of Global Civil Society Mary Kaldor, Denisa Kostovicova, and Yahia Said - Water: a Global Contestation Willemijn Dicke, Patrick Bond, Fadia Daibes-Murad, Sanjeev Khagram, Alessandro Palmieri, Carlos Vainer, Zoë Wilson and Patricia Wouters - The Church, the Mosque and Global Civil Society Mark Juergensmeyer - The Odd Couple: Football and Global Civil Society David Goldblatt

Author : Don E. Eberly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786612487781
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Global Civil Society written by Don E. Eberly and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global news is generally bad news. On the surface, the story is about war, poverty, ethnic and sectarian strife. Democracy movements advanced by the U.S. government seem to be stalled or even reversed. Yet just below the surface, more hopeful trends are brewing. A new global awareness of the people at "the bottom of the pyramid" is summoning forth an unprecedented response to human need and suffering. It involves a shift from vertical to horizontal power that official aid agencies are only beginning to comprehend. Whereas twenty-five years ago, government aid accounted for 70 percent of all Am.

Author : Hertie School of
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023036943X
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Civil Society 2012 written by Hertie School of and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-18 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activists and academics look back over ten years of 'politics from below', and ask whether it is merely the critical gaze upon the concept that has changed – or whether there is something genuinely new about the way in which civil society is now operating.

Author : Gideon Baker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134256868
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Civil Society written by Gideon Baker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. This challenge 'from below' to the nation-state system is increasingly seen as promising nothing less than a reconstruction, or a re-imagination, of world politics itself. Whether in terms of the democratisation of the institutions of global governance, the spread of human rights across the world, or the emergence of a global citizenry in a worldwide public sphere, global civil society is understood by many to provide the agency necessary for these hoped-for transformations. Global Civil Society asks whether this idea is such a qualitatively new phenomenon after all; whether the transformation of the nation-state system is actually within its reach; and what some of the drawbacks might be.

Author : John Casey
Publisher : Kumarian Press
ISBN 13 : 9781565495302
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nonprofit World written by John Casey and published by Kumarian Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Casey explores the expanding global reach of nonprofit organizations, examining the increasingly influential role not only of prominent NGOs that work on hot-button global issues, but also of the thousands of smaller, little-known organizations that have an impact on people¿s daily lives. What do these nonprofits actually do? How and why have they grown exponentially? How are they managed and funded? What organizational, political, and economic challenges do they face? Casey answers these questions and also, liberally using case studies, situates the evolution of the sector in the broader contexts of differing national environments and global public affairs. With its broad perspective, The Nonprofit World affords readers a thorough understanding of both the place of nonprofits in the global arena and the implications of their growing importance. John Casey is associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York. His previous publications include Policing the World: The Practice of International and Transnational Policing.