Title: The idea of global civil society : politics and ethics in a globalizing era /
Authors: Germain, Randall D., 1961-; Kenny, Michael.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Globalization; Civil society.; World citizenship.; World politics
Abstract: "This book evaluates the claim that we need to take global civil society into account if we are to understand the changing social foundations of global power relations today, particularly if we wish to raise ethical questions about the changing political and institutional practices of trans-national governance." "Bridging the normative concerns of political theorists with the historical and institutional focus of scholars of international relations and international political economy, this book will be of broad interest to students and researchers concerned with international relations, civil society, global governance and ethics."--Jacket.
Contents: The idea(l) of global civil society / Michael Kenny and Randall Germain -- Ideological contestation, transnational civil society and global politics / Andrew Gamble and Michael Kenny -- Intimations of a Gramscian approach to global civil society / Anne Showstack Sassoon -- Late modern civil society / Nicholas Onuf -- Media, cultural citizenship and the global public sphere / Nick Stevenson -- Subjects, citizens or pilgrims? : citizenship and civil society in a global context / Kimberley Hutchings -- Situating global citizenship / Nigel Dower -- Global civil society, civilians and citizens / Mervyn Frost -- Global civil society and global governmentality / Louise Amoore and Paul Langley -- Managing global civil society : the WTO's engagement with NGOs / Rorden Wilkinson -- Global modalities of financial governance : the public sphere and civil society / Randall Germain -- Understanding global civil society : contestation, citizenship, governance / Randall Germain and Michael Kenny.