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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458009103321

Titolo

Global civil society : contested futures / / edited by David Chandler and Gideon Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-25687-6

1-280-22515-7

9786610225156

0-203-00148-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; ; 32

Altri autori (Persone)

ChandlerDavid <1962->

BakerGideon <1973->

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Globalization

Civil society

Non-governmental organizations

World politics - 1989-

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

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART 1 Global civil society-contesting current trends; 1 Global civil society: analytical category or normative concept?; 2 Cosmocracy and global civil society; 3 The demoralised subject of global civil society; 4 The changing role of global civil society; 5 Contextualising the 'anti-capitalism' movement in global civil society; PART 2 Global civil society-contesting future possibilities; 6 The idea of global civil society; 7 Saying global civil society with rights

8 Global civil society: thinking politics and progress9 Constructing global civil society; 10 Global civil society and global governmentality: resistance, reform or resignation?; 11 Global civil society as politics of faith; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 citizen