Reshaping world politics NGOs, the Internet, and global civil society

• Main Author: Warkentin, Craig 1961- (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2001
• Subjects: Civil society > Political aspects; Internet > Political aspects; Non-governmental organizations
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• Physical Description: xiv, 209 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p 177-198) and index
• ISBN: 0742509710 (alk. paper); 0742509729 (pbk. : alk. paper)

This book examines the ways in which nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) contribute to the development and maintenance of global civil society. Basing his argument on the contention that people make politics, the author investigates eight NGOs and connects their organizational activities to global civil society's dynamics and processes. In constructing an analytical framework for understanding global civil society, the author reviews traditional understandings of civil society, integrates these with a classical theoretical approach that places people at the center of world politics, and conceptualizes global civil society in terms of three elemental characteristics: dynamism, inclusiveness, and cognizance.