Challenging Global Finance [electronic resource] : Civil Society and Transnational Networks /
Friesen, Elizabeth.author.
Friesen demonstrates how transnational CSOs and NGOs can influence the context in which international political decisions are made. She shows how, by reframing the issues, the transnational campaign for the cancellation of third world debt altered the dominant discourse, shifted the agenda and thereby shaped political outcomes.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Power and Resistance; 3 Transnational Civil Society and the Campaign for the Cancellation of Third World Debt; 4 The World Economic Forum as a Site of Contestation; 5 Conclusion; Notes; Selected References and Interviews; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Friesen demonstrates how transnational CSOs and NGOs can influence the context in which international political decisions are made. She shows how, by reframing the issues, the transnational campaign for the cancellation of third world debt altered the dominant discourse, shifted the agenda and thereby shaped political outcomes.
Political economy.
International organization.
Political science.
International relations.
Finance.
Banks and banking.
International Political Economy.
International Organization.
Political Science.
International Relations.
Finance, general.
Banking.