Global Activism Reader
by Reydams, LucFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-01-13
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary
Designed for undergraduate students, the reader combines essays on actual causes and issues that mobilize activists with theory and concepts of social mobilization.
Author Biography
Luc Reydams joined the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame in 2002, where he teaches courses and seminars on international law, international organizations, transnational social movements, and the network society.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Social Movements, NGOs, Networks, and the Idea of a Global Civil Society | |
| Social Movements, NGOs, and Networks | p. 3 |
| Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Movement Society | p. 24 |
| The Rise and Fall of Transnational Civil Society: The Evolution of International Non-Governmental Organizations since the Mid-Nineteenth Century | p. 35 |
| Anti-Slavery and Congo Reform | |
| Transatlantic Activism in the Eighteenth Century: the Anti-Slavery Movement | p. 47 |
| Transnational Humanitarian Heroes in the Early Twentieth Century: The Congo Reform Movement | p. 59 |
| Global Labor | |
| Transnational Pioneers: The International Labor Movement | p. 73 |
| Labor Rights as Human Rights: Regulation in the Context of a ôThinnedö National State | p. 81 |
| Human Rights | |
| The Power of Norms versus the Norms of Power: Transnational Civil Society and Human Rights | p. 115 |
| Civil Society and the International Criminal Court | p. 134 |
| Human Rights NGOs: A Critical Evaluation | p. 149 |
| Women's Rights | |
| The Global Women's Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies | p. 163 |
| Contesting Women's Rights: Charting the Emergence of a Transnational Conservative Counter-network | p. 190 |
| Environment | |
| Spinning the Green Web: Transnational Environmentalism | p. 221 |
| Transnational Policy Networks and the Role of Advocacy Scientists: From Ozone Layer Protection to Climate Change | p. 236 |
| Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem: An Analysis of the Conservative Movement's Counter-Claims | p. 251 |
| Peace and Disarmament | |
| Banning the Bomb | p. 273 |
| The Ottawa Process: Nine-Day Wonder or a New Model for Disarmament Negotiations? | p. 291 |
| Assessing the Small Arms Movement: The Trials and Tribulations of a Transnational Network | p. 300 |
| Social Justice and Democracy | |
| Before Seattle: The Historical Roots of the Current Movement against Corporate-led Globalization | p. 327 |
| Reclaiming the Commons | p. 341 |
| Creating Spaces for Global Democracy: The World Social Forum Process | p. 347 |
| Is Another World Possible? Problems and Shortcomings of the World Social Forum | p. 376 |
| Notes on Authors | p. 388 |
| Index | p. 391 |
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