Civil Society and International Governance: The Role of Non-State Actors in Global and Regional Regulatory Frameworks

ISBN-13: 9781138874268 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str.

Armstrong, David

Opis

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This book examines the increasing impact of nongovernmental organisations and civil society on global and regional governance, in relation to the UN, the IMF, the G8 and the WTO. The authors assess civil society interaction with the EU, Africa, East Asia and the Middle East.

Spis treści

1. Introduction David Armstrong and Julie Gilson  Part 1: Theory  2. Civil Society and the Democratisation of Global Public Space Debora Spini  3. Collective and Social Identity: A Theoretical Analysis of the Role of Civil Society in the Construction of Supra-National Societies Valeria Bello  4. Organized Civil Society and Political Representation in the EU Arena Carlo Ruzza  Part 2: The European Union  5. Europeanization of Non-State Actors: Towards a Framework for Analysis Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka  6. Between Localisation and Europeanisation: Non-Governmental Organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina Erica Panighello  7. European Integration, Cross-Border Cooperation and Third-Sector Mobilizations in the Basque Country Xabier Itçaina  Part 3: Civil Society Outside Europe  8. Governance and Non-Governmental Organisations in East Asia: Building Region-Wide Coalitions Julie Gilson  9. Civil Society and Regional Governance in Eastern and Southern Africa Andréas Godsäter and Frederik Söderbaum  10. The Role of Civil Society in Regional Governance in the Middle East Michael Shulz  11. Transnational Labour Mobilization in the Americas Marcelo Saguier

O autorze

David Armstrong is Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter.

Valeria Bello is Marie Curie Intra-European Research Fellow at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, Spain

Julie Gilson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham.

Debora Spini teaches political theory at Syracuse University in Florence and Social Philosophy at Florence University