Germain, Randall.

The Idea of Global Civil Society : Ethics and Politics in a Globalizing Era. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (250 pages) - RIPE Series in Global Political Economy Ser. ; v.15 . - RIPE Series in Global Political Economy Ser. .

Cover -- The Idea of Global Civil Society -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Series preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The idea(l) of global civil society -- PART I Contesting global civil society -- 2 Ideological contestation, transnational civil society and global politics -- 3 Intimations of a Gramscian approach to global civil society -- 4 Late modern civil society -- PART II Citizenship and global civil society -- 5 Media, cultural citizenship and the global public sphere -- 6 Subjects, citizens or pilgrims? Citizenship and civil society in a global context -- 7 Situating global citizenship -- 8 Global civil society, civilians and citizens -- PART III Governance and global civil society -- 9 Global civil society and global governmentality -- 10 Managing global civil society: the WTO's engagement with NGOs -- 11 Global modalities of financial governance: the public sphere and civil society -- 12 Understanding global civil society: contestation, citizenship, governance -- References -- Index.

This book evaluates the claim that in order to explore the changing social foundations of global power relations today, we need to include in our analysis an understanding of global civil society, particularly if we also wish to raise ethical questions about the changing political and institutional practices of transnational 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 is of broad interest to students and researchers concerned with international relations, civil society, global governance and ethics.

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Civil society.
Globalization.
World citizenship.
World politics -- 1989-.


Electronic books.

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