1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459433303321

Titolo

Globalizing citizens [[electronic resource] ] : new dynamics of inclusion and exclusion / / edited by John Gaventa and Rajesh Tandon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Zed, 2010

ISBN

1-84813-905-5

1-282-73867-4

9786612738678

1-84813-473-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Claiming Citizenship

Altri autori (Persone)

GaventaJohn <1949->

TandonRajesh

Disciplina

323.6

Soggetti

Citizenship

Globalization

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

About the series; About the editors; Acronyms; Foreword; PART ONE | Introduction; 1 | Citizen engagements in a globalizing world; Introduction; The changing nature of governance: new spaces for citizen engagements?; The implications of changing authorities for the meanings and practices of citizenship; Navigating the global terrain; Conclusions and implications; Notes; References; PART TWO | From global to local: the impact of global governance on everyday citizenship; 2 | Mediated health citizenships: living with HIV and engaging with the Global Fund in the Gambia; Introduction

The Global Fund and shifting health governance structuresGlobal AIDS funding in the Gambia; Treatment support groups and citizen engagement with the Global Fund; Conclusions; Notes; References; 3 | Mobilizing and mediating global medicine and health citizenship: the politics of AIDS knowledge production in rural South Africa; Introduction; Global health and AIDS activism in South Africa; Global medicine in local places: the contentious politics of AIDS knowledge; MSF's biomedical foot soldiers in Lusikisiki village; Mediators of global



medicine and contested 'facts'; Conclusion; Notes

References4 | Enhancing everyday citizenship practices: women's livelihoods and global markets; Introduction; Towards a more inclusive global governance; Project Shakti: a market-led solution for enhancing women's livelihoods; Economic augmentation for rural women; Enhanced formal citizenship but limited empowerment; Spaces for representation and its legitimacy; Accountability of different actors; Inclusion and exclusion; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 | The politics of global assessments: the case of the IAASTD; Introduction

The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology (IAASTD)Globalization and civil society: the place of international assessments; Experts and citizens; The politics of knowledge in global assessments; Conclusion; Notes; References; PART THREE | From local to global: the dynamics of transnational citizen action; 6 | Campaigns for land and citizenship rights: the dynamics of transnational agrarian movements; Introduction; The emergence of transnational agrarian movements (TAMs); The nature of the state; The politics of mobilization; The politics of intermediation

Knowledge politicsConclusion; Notes; References; 7 | Spanning citizenship spaces through transnational coalitions: the Global Campaign for Education; Introduction; Who governs education? Power across boundaries; The challenges of building transnational campaign coalitions; The case of the Global Campaign for Education; Five factors that make a difference to success; Implications for citizenship; Conclusions; Notes; References; 8 | Citizenship and trade governance in the Americas; Introduction; The shifting landscape of trade governance in the Americas: implications for citizenship

The politics of mobilization on trade governance

Sommario/riassunto

Globalizing Citizens presents expert analysis from cities and villages in India, South Africa, Nigeria, the Philippines, Kenya, the Gambia and Brazil to explore how forms of global authority shape and build new meanings and practices of citizenship, across local, national and global arenas.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910594587603321

Autore

Siber, Heinrich <1870-1951>

Titolo

Retentio propter res donatas / Heinrich Siber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palermo, : [s.n.], 1933

Descrizione fisica

243-282 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

340

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

Biblioteca Solazzi Busta 5(4) 14

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Estratto da: Studi in onore di Salvatore Riccobono, vol. 3