Global Citizen Action

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Michael Edwards, John Gaventa
Earthscan, 2001 - 328 pages
Civil society, or citizen's groups, have taken centre stage in international policy debates and global problem solving. They hold out the promise of a global community and global governance. This volume, by leading scholars and participants, shows how to understand the changes that are occurring, particularly in relation to the international institutions involved. It includes case studies from all the major social movements of the 1990s.

Contents

Introduction
1
The Dilemmas and Challenges
17
Transnational Civil Society
29
Global Civil Society
41
The Changing Bases
59
An Interim Progress Report
87
Opportunities and Constraints for Civil Society Participation
105
DangerLandmines NGOGovernment Collaboration
121
Global Citizen Action
189
International Networking for Womens Human Rights
217
Sheela Patel Joel Bolnick and Diana Mitlin
231
Do the Facts Matter? NGOs Research
247
Lessons and Challenges
275
List of Acronyms
289
The Contributors
307
About the Book 328

Citizen Action Across the NorthSouth Divide
135
The Global Spread
175
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