Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance: Paradigms of Power and Persuasion (Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance)

This is one of the first books to explore the nexus between civil society, religion, and global governance, their impact on human security and well-being, and significance for current debates in international politics. The contributors examine salient aspects of the secular state whose monopoly on, and control of, institutional violence has reified its use of power to such an extent that the modernistic separation of church and state is being called into question, as institutional limits are sought to the abuse of that power. The volume is clearly divided into six key sections: human security and human rights the politics of civil religion the ethics of civil development civil society and global governance cross-cultural perspectives on institutional development for civil society international civil society. Within these sections the illuminating case studies span a wide geographical extent from Central and Eastern Europe to Egypt, to Latin America, Iran, Bangladesh, Australia, the Pacific and East and Southeast Asia. Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance will be of strong interest to students, policy makers and researchers in the fields of human rights, religion, political science and sociology. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Contents......Page 12 Contributors......Page 15 Foreword......Page 22 Preface......Page 25 Acknowledgements......Page 26 1 Introduction: Civil society, religion and global governance – the power and persuasiveness of civil society......Page 28 Part I: Human security and human rights......Page 38 2 National security: Proportionality, restraint and common sense......Page 40 3 Human security, identity politics and global governance: From freedom from fear to fear of freedoms......Page 52 4 A transcivilisational perspective on global issues in the twenty-first century: A way to overcome Euro-America-centric discourses on world affairs in the twenty-first century......Page 60 Part II: The politics of civil religion......Page 76 5 The Anglican church, the state and modern warfare......Page 78 6 Religion and the destruction of Aboriginal society: The paradox of Australian indigenous civil societies......Page 88 7 Church-state relations and civil society in former communist countries......Page 99 Part III: The ethics of civil development......Page 112 8 War and the role of religion in a global civil society......Page 114 9 Citizenship as consumption or citizenship as agency?: The challenge for civil society in Latin America......Page 127 10 Corruption, institutions and transcultural interaction......Page 157 Part IV: Civil society and global governance: Panacea or problematique?......Page 174 11 Postsecular civil society......Page 176 12 Christian custom and the church as structure in ‘weak states’ in Melanesia......Page 185 13 Governance, civil society and economic development: A view from the Pacific......Page 202 Part V: Cross-cultural perspectives on institutional development for civil society......Page 214 14 Community development and globalisation......Page 216 15 Confronting Burma/Myanmar’s security dilemma: An integrated approach to national and human security issues......Page 229 16 The place of religion in the Iranian fertility transition......Page 240 17 Faith, NGOs and the politics of development in Bangladesh......Page 246 Part VI: International civil society: Prospects for enhancing human security......Page 266 18 Contesting ‘globalisation from above’: International non-governmental organisations and the prospects for global social contract......Page 268 19 Kifaya as political culture: The Egyptian presidential election, 2005......Page 304 20 Religious-based civil society and anti-corruption campaign: The Indonesian experience in the creation of good governance......Page 315 21 Conclusion: Paradigms of a more civil society......Page 327 Index......Page 335 Humanities Book Cover 1 Title 8 Copyright 9 Contents 12 Contributors 15 Foreword 22 Preface 25 Acknowledgements 26 1 Introduction: Civil society, religion and global governance – the power and persuasiveness of civil society 28 Part I: Human security and human rights 38 2 National security: Proportionality, restraint and common sense 40 3 Human security, identity politics and global governance: From freedom from fear to fear of freedoms 52 4 A transcivilisational perspective on global issues in the twenty-first century: A way to overcome Euro-America-centric discourses on world affairs in the twenty-first century 60 Part II: The politics of civil religion 76 5 The Anglican church, the state and modern warfare 78 6 Religion and the destruction of Aboriginal society: The paradox of Australian indigenous civil societies 88 7 Church-state relations and civil society in former communist countries 99 Part III: The ethics of civil development 112 8 War and the role of religion in a global civil society 114 9 Citizenship as consumption or citizenship as agency?: The challenge for civil society in Latin America 127 10 Corruption, institutions and transcultural interaction 157 Part IV: Civil society and global governance: Panacea or problematique? 174 11 Postsecular civil society 176 12 Christian custom and the church as structure in ‘weak states’ in Melanesia 185 13 Governance, civil society and economic development: A view from the Pacific 202 Part V: Cross-cultural perspectives on institutional development for civil society 214 14 Community development and globalisation 216 15 Confronting Burma/Myanmar’s security dilemma: An integrated approach to national and human security issues 229 16 The place of religion in the Iranian fertility transition 240 17 Faith, NGOs and the politics of development in Bangladesh 246 Part VI: International civil society: Prospects for enhancing human security 266 18 Contesting ‘globalisation from above’: International non-governmental organisations and the prospects for global social contract 268 19 Kifaya as political culture: The Egyptian presidential election, 2005 304 20 Religious-based civil society and anti-corruption campaign: The Indonesian experience in the creation of good governance 315 21 Conclusion: Paradigms of a more civil society 327 Index 335 Introduction : civil society, religion and global governance : the power and persuasiveness of civil society / Helen James National security : proportionality, restraint and commonsense / Michael Kirby Human security, identity politics and global governance : from freedom from fear to fear of freedoms / Amitav Acharya A transcivilisational perspective on global issues : a way to overcome Euro-America-centric discourse on world affairs in the twenty-first century / Yasuaki Onuma The Anglican church, the state and modern warfare / Philip Towle Religion and the destruction of aboriginal society : the paradox of Australian indigenous civil societies / Gordon Briscoe Church-state relations in post-communist countries : the idea of path dependency may have something useful to tell us / Robert F. Miller War and the role of religion in a global civil society / Joseph Runzo Citizenship as consumption or citizenship as agency? : the challenge for Latin-American civil society / Philip Oxhorn Corruption, governance and transcultural interaction / Seumas Miller Post-secular civil society / Wayne Hudson Christian custom and the church as structure in "weak states" in Melanesia / Bronwen Douglas Governance, civil society and economic development : a view from the Pacific / Ron Duncan Community development and globalisation / Isagani Serrano Confronting Burma/Myanmar's security dilemma : an integrated approach to national and human security issues / Zar Ni The Iranian fertility transition : the influences of religion and ethnicity Peter McDonald and Md. Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi Faith, NGOs and the politics of secularism in Bangladesh / Bina D'Costa Global civil society and the international trade regime / He Baogang and Hannah Murphy Kifaya as political culture : the 7 September 2005 elections in Egypt / Jacky Angus Civil society, religion and good governance : the Indonesian case / Azyumardi Azra Conclusion : paradigms of a more civil society / Helen James. Edited By Helen James. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.