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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454641503321

Titolo

Global civil society 2006/7 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Helmut Anheier, Mary Kaldor and Marlies Glasius

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2006

ISBN

9786611245412

1-281-24541-0

1-4462-2881-9

1-84787-781-8

1-4129-3436-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Global Civil Society - Year Books

Altri autori (Persone)

AnheierHelmut K. <1954->

KaldorMary

GlasiusMarlies

Disciplina

306.205

Soggetti

Civil society

International relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Violence and the possibility of global civility; Chapter 1 - 'Not even a tree': Delegitimising violence and the prespects for pre-emptive civility; Chapter 2 - Bringing violence 'back home': Gender socialisation and the transmission of violence through time and space; Chapter 3 - Pipe dream or Panacea? Global civil society and economic and social rights; Chapter 4 - War and peace: The role of global civil society; Chapter 5 - Water: A global contestation; Chapter 6 - The church, the mosque, and global civil society

Chapter 7 - The odd couple: Football and global civil societyFuzzy set approaches to the study of global civil society; Data Programme; Glossary; Chronology of global civil society events; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This annual yearbook provides a guide to global society or civil participation and action around the world. It includes commissioned



contributions from leading commentators across the social sciences on the latest issues and developments.