Colas Alejandro
International civil society: Social movements in world politics - Cambridge Polity Press 2002 - 219p.
"Since the end of the Cold War, activists and scholars alike have celebrated the phenomenal growth of transnational social movements across the globe. For some, this new eruption of grass-roots political activism on a world scale - from the Rio Earth Summit to the Seattle anti-globalization protests - represents the emergence of a global or transnational civil society." "This book provides a critical survey of recent approaches to the study of civil society and international relations, presenting an alternative historical and sociological account of the interaction between these two spheres. It makes a theoretical case for the importance of social movements in world politics arguing that modern social movements emerging out of civil society have been instrumental in shaping the contemporary international system." "This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, political sociology and social history, as well as those who seek to play a part in global politics."--Jacket
0-7456-2555-X
International Relation
International social movement
Civil Society
Non-state actors in international relations
Agencies and structures in IR : Analysing international social movement
International society from below: Role of civil society in international relations
Promise of international civil society: Global governance, cosmopolitan democracy and the end of sovereignty
Uses of international civil society
327 / COL/I
International civil society: Social movements in world politics - Cambridge Polity Press 2002 - 219p.
"Since the end of the Cold War, activists and scholars alike have celebrated the phenomenal growth of transnational social movements across the globe. For some, this new eruption of grass-roots political activism on a world scale - from the Rio Earth Summit to the Seattle anti-globalization protests - represents the emergence of a global or transnational civil society." "This book provides a critical survey of recent approaches to the study of civil society and international relations, presenting an alternative historical and sociological account of the interaction between these two spheres. It makes a theoretical case for the importance of social movements in world politics arguing that modern social movements emerging out of civil society have been instrumental in shaping the contemporary international system." "This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, political sociology and social history, as well as those who seek to play a part in global politics."--Jacket
0-7456-2555-X
International Relation
International social movement
Civil Society
Non-state actors in international relations
Agencies and structures in IR : Analysing international social movement
International society from below: Role of civil society in international relations
Promise of international civil society: Global governance, cosmopolitan democracy and the end of sovereignty
Uses of international civil society
327 / COL/I