Global Civil Society 2004/5

Description:
The war in Iraq brought global politics into the living rooms of ordinary people around the world in 2003-4. This defining event, which influenced the domestic agenda in many countries, may change the way people perceive power and the politics of power. 'The Global Civil Society Yearbook' shows how those perceptions can be shaped by the huge diversity of individuals, movements, NGOs, networks - and the ideas and values they represent - acting across borders and beyond national politics. Now in its fourth year of publication, the 'Global Civil Society Yearbook' is the standard work on the topic, essential reading for social and political scientists, activists, students, journalists and policy makers. 'Global Civil Society 2004/5' adopts an unorthodox approach to major geo-political issues including oil, the Middle East and democracy. Yahia Said examines oil and activism, Mohamed el Said-Sayed explores Middle Eastern perspectives, and Heba Raouf Ezzat outlines a new multicultural approach to global civil society. The emergence of what Mary Kaldor calls 'a new kind of global politics' has implications for sovereignty and democracy, which 'Global Civil Society 2004/5' tackles head-on. Hilary Wainwright identifies the conditions in which global civil society can strengthen and reinvigorate local democracy. In contrast, Kenneth Anderson and David Rieff question global civil society's claim to represent world opinion, arguing that the hotchpotch of environmental groups, feminist networks and human rights activists are merely undemocratic and unaccountable 'social movement missionaries.' 'Global Civil Society 2004-5' includes a wealth of data on globalisation, the rule of law, NGO growth, values and attitudes, governance, civil liberties and a chronology of the myriad protests, conferences and campaigns that are the sinews of global civil society. ''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.

Table of Contents:
Concepts of Global Civil Society Global Civil Society - Kenneth Anderson and David Rieff A Skeptical View Beyond Methodological Modernism - Heba Raouf Ezzat Towards a Multicultural Paradigm Shift in the Social Sciences Global Civil Society: an Arab Perspective - Mohamed El-Sayed Said Issues in Global Civil Society Global Civil Society: Oil and Activism - Yahia Said Civil Society, Democracy and Power - Hilary Wainwright Global Connections Infrastructure of Global Civil Society The New Pioneers - Paola Grenier The People Behind Global Civil Society Philanthropic Foundations - Helmut Anheier and Siobhan Daly A New Global Force? Trade Uunion internationalism and a Global Civil Society in the Making - Peter Waterman and Jill Timms Records of Global Civil Society Network Approaches to Global Civil Society - Helmut Anheier and Hagai Katz Data Programme Chronology of Global Civil Society Events - Jill Timms

Author Biography:
Helmut Anheier (Ph.D., Yale University, 1986) is Director of the Center for Civil Society at UCLA's School of Public Affairs, where he is also a Professor of Social Welfare. From 1998 to 2002 he was the founding director of the Centre for Civil Society at the London School of Economics, and a member of LSE's Department of Social Policy, where he now holds the honorary title of Centennial Professor. Prior to this he was a Senior Research Associate and Project Co-director at the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. Before embarking on an academic career, Dr. Anheier served as Social Affairs Officer with the United Nations. He has also held research appointments at Yale University, the University of Cologne, and the Science Center in Berlin. Dr. Anheier's research interests include civil society, nonprofit organization, philanthropic foundations, NGOs, globalization and civil society, comparative social and cultural policy, research methodology, social movements and networks.