The Myth about Global Civil Society: Domestic Politics to Ban Landmines

ISBN-13: 9780230279148 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 193 str.

Daniela Tepe

Opis

In order to help the understanding of international campaigning activities of Non-Governmental Organisations, Tepe analyses the domestic politics of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and provides a theoretical framework through which to access these.

Spis treści

Introduction IR and NGOs – a Simplistic Story? NGOs and Materialist State Theory The Landmines Campaign and the Ottawa Convention – The Involvement of NGOs in Banning Landmines Discourses and Interests The State and Civil Society Conclusion

O autorze

DANIELA TEPE Lecturer in European Studies and German at King's College London, UK. Her research is concerned with the absence of a theorising of the state in International Relations. She has published in several academic journals including Review of International Political Economy and Public Administration.