GLOBALIZING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: CIVIL SOCIETY AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTION; ED. BY JOHN D. CLARK

'Informative and useful.' Development and Change Until recently, most civil society organizations (CSOs) operated at national or local levels. However, new global organizations and networks are increasingly emerging. This book examines what CSOs can achieve, and the barriers they face, when they break national boundaries and sectoral moulds and work with others in global networks. A series of case studies of CSO initiatives reveal how transnational action can yield impressive results in changing policies and public attitudes. The diverse range of CSOs studied includes consumer groups, trade unions, the anti-globalization protest movement, the World Social Forum, Jubilee 2000 and others. All reveal a remarkably similar array of practical challenges, from structure and leadership issues to governance dilemmas. The book offers practical guidance to those engaged with CSOs and contributes to academic enquiry about civil society. Annotation This collection of essays by leading experts on civil society and globalization looks at what civil society organizations (CSOs) can achieve, and the barriers they face, when they break through national boundaries and out of sectoral moulds to work with others in global networks. It charts the experience of various civil society initiatives, all of which relate strongly to the question of globalization. CSOs until recently were mostly organized at national or local levels, but new global organizations or networks are increasingly emerging. The case studies show how transnational action can yield impressive results particularly in changing policies and public attitudes. The range of CSOs studied is diverse but all reveal a remarkably similar array of practical challenges, from structure and leadership issues to governance dilemmas. The book is intended to offer practical guidance to those engaged with CSOs as well as contribute to academic enquiry about civil society Contents......Page 4 List of Tables, Figures and Boxes......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 10 1 Introduction: Civil Society and Transnational Action......Page 14 2 Consumers Unite Internationally......Page 42 3 Trade Unions in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities of Transnationalization......Page 58 4 Campaign to Increase Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs......Page 79 5 Jubilee 2000: Laying the Foundations for a Social Movement......Page 99 6 The Age of Protest:Internet-Based ‘Dot Causes’ andthe ‘Anti-Globalization’ Movement......Page 122 7 World Social Forum:Making Another World Possible?......Page 140 8 Campaign for a ‘Robin Hood Tax’for Foreign Exchange Markets......Page 163 9 Conclusions:Globalizing Civic Engagement......Page 177 Ref erences and Interviews......Page 189 Index......Page 201 Introduction: Civil Society And Transnational Action / John Clark -- Consumers Unite Internationally / Tasneem Mowjee -- Trade Unions In A Changing World: Challenges And Opportunities Of Transnationalization / Diego Muro Ruiz And Nuno Themudo -- Campaign To Increase Access To Hiv/aids Drugs / Tasneem Mowjee -- Jubilee 2000: Laying The Foundations For A Social Movement / Paola Grenier -- The Age Of Protest: Internet-based 'dot-causes' And The 'anti-globalization' Movement / John Clark And Nuno Themudo -- World Social Forum: Making Another World Possible? / Günther Schönleitner -- Campaign For A 'robin Hood Tax' For Foreign Exchange Markets / Diego Muro Ruiz. Edited By John D. Clark. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [176]-187) And Index. Recent years have seen a strong and accelerating trend towards working more actively across national frontiers within many segments of civil society.