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Global Civil Society 2005/6
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| Write Date | Monday, November 28, 2024 |
| Author | Marlies Glasius, Mary Kaldor, Helmut Anheier |
| Publisher | Sage Publications |
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| Summary |
Global Civil Society 2005/6 tackles contentious and pertinent issues shaping the growing global consciousness of the 21st century: climate change, labour migration, gender and reform of the United Nations. In addition, this scholarly yet accessible annual publication analyses the infrastructure of global civil society – the extent of its connectedness, the use of new technology and the nature of the social forum phenomenon. A collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Center for Civil Society at University of California Los Angeles, the Global Civil Society Yearbook is the standard work on the topic, indispensable for activists, social scientists, students, policy makers and journalists.
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| Text | Global risks share certain characteristics – they ignore nation state boundaries, their impact is uneven and they can spark conflict both within societies and between North and South. Perhaps the dominant feature of global risks is uncertainty – we cannot predict if and when they will wreak havoc, we do not understand their long-term effects. Crucially, we cannot control them. However, risks do increase pressure for greater global cooperation – a process in which global civil society plays a leading role. Professor Mary Kaldor, one of the Yearbook’s editors in chief, says: “Global civil society is the arena where public debates, campaigns and arguments shape the way we imagine risks that both ourselves and other people face around the world.”
The Yearbook takes an unorthodox approach to key global problems, analysing the key issues, actors and forms of organising to better understand globalisation ‘from below.’ Each edition comprises innovative contributions on the latest developments and emerging ideas from leading academics across the social sciences. New approaches to measuring global civil society, a chronology of events and a data section are also included.
Global Civil Society 2005/6 includes:
Civil Society and the Politics of Global Warming Peter Newell
Labour Migration and Global Civil Society Meghnad Desai
Reforming the UN Richard Falk
The Future of the World Social Forum Bernard Cassen, Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Chico Whitaker
Global Connectedness Hagai Katz and Helmut Anheier
Gender and Civil Society Jude Howell
The Social Forum Phenomenon Marlies Glasius and Jill Timms
Electronic Communication and Civil Society Mobilisation Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernandez-Ardevol, Jack Linchuan Qiu and Araba Sey
Praise for Global Civil Society 2005/6
This fifth Global Civil Society Yearbook continues the intellectual shaping of an emerging global civil society. As the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, GCAP, makes its voice heard under the whiteband symbol, this analysis of current issues of migration, climate change and UN reform, with a focus on gender and social movements, provides a timely intellectual resource to strengthen shared commitments.
Mary Robinson
Praise for the Yearbook series
‘Global Civil Society 2002 was a gripping read. Global Civil Society 2003 was stimulating, informative and authoritative. I am delighted to recommend this series, which fills an important gap in research on globalisation.’
Anthony Giddens
‘One of the great unreported events of the last decade has been the total
explosion of non-government organizations in developing countries of the
world. While I was shaving the other day, I looked in the mirror and
thought, "Wow, I am an NGO!" I have always been interested in this, but I
am more interested since I discovered I was one. And that's why I'd
recommend this Yearbook.’
Bill Clinton
For more information:
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/book.aspx?pid=107088
http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/researchgcspub.htm
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| Issue Areas | economic security, livelihood issues and labor
environment and ecosystems
community organizing and movement building
global governance, institutions, institutional reform
human, social and cultural rights
media and communications
technology
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