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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782402903321

Titolo

Global civil society yearbook 2004/05 [[electronic resource] /] / Helmut Anheier, Marlies Glasius, Mary Kaldor, editors-in-chief ; Fiona Holland, managing editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2005

ISBN

9786610538836

1-4129-0306-8

1-4462-1190-8

1-280-53883-X

1-4129-3132-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 375 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. maps

Collana

Global Civil Society - Year Books

Altri autori (Persone)

AnheierHelmut K. <1954->

GlasiusMarlies

KaldorMary

HollandFiona

Disciplina

306.205

Soggetti

Civil society

International relations

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; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Concepts of Global Civil Society; Chapter 1 - 'Global Civil Society': A Sceptical View; Chapter 2 - Beyond Methodological Modernism: Towards a Multicultural Paradigm Shift in the Social Sciences; Chapter 3 - Global Civil Society: An Arab Perspective; Part II: Issues in Global Civil Society; Chapter 4 - Global Civil Society: Oil and Activism; Chapter 5 - Civil Society, Democracy and Power: Global Connections; Part III: Infrastructure of Global Civil Society; Chapter 6 - The New Pioneers: The People Behind Global Civil Society

Chapter 7 - Philanthropic Foundations: A New Global Force?Chapter 8 - Trade Union Internationalism and a Global Civil Society in the Making; Part IV: Records of Global Civil Society; Network Approaches to Global Civil Society; Data Programme; Maps; Chronology of Global Civil Society Events; Index



Sommario/riassunto

'Global Civil Society' is the standard work on the topic. It contains a wealth of detail on globalization, people's values and attitudes, governance and civil liberties, plus a chronology of the conferences, campaigns and protests that are the sinews of global civil society.