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Author:   I. Richter ,  S. Berking ,  R. Müller-Schmid
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9781403996947

ISBN 10:   1403996946
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   31 October 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of figures Foreward Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction; I. Richter, S. Berking and R. Müller-Schmid PART I: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF A TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY Transnational Risks: A New Challenge for Global Civil Society; S.George Corporate Power and Transnational Civil Society; B.Holzer The Governance of Transnational Debt: The Role of the IMF; S.Soederberg Sustainable Development of the Caspian Sea Energy Resources: The Role of Civil Society; M.A.Molchanov & Y.Yevdokimov A Dance of Donors and Dependent States: Dilemmas of Civil Society Actors in the Struggle for Accountability in India; S.Randeria PART II: NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY A Critique of Capitalism in the Era of Globalization - Old Wine in New Bottles?; D.Rucht Global Democratic Protest: The Chiapas Connection; T.Oleson 'Flirting with the Enemy' - Green Alliances in Global Environmental Governance; H.Bauer PART III: HUMANITARIANISM WITHIN A NEW WORLD ORDER Transnational Risks and Humanitarian Crises: The Blind Alley of UN Interventionism; D.Rieff Humanitarian Trends; T.Vaux The Role of the Military in a Changing World - CIMC: Military Stepping Stones on the Road to a Civil Society; G. Klose Is Universality under Threat? Humanitarian Aid and Intervention in the 00s; A.Donini Transnational Humanitarian Action in the Eastern DRC: State Building and Citizenship; D.Dijkzeul Index

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INGO K. RICHTER is Emeritus Professor of Law at Eberhard Karls University of Tnbingen, Germany. He was previously Director of the German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany. His most recent publication is Die sieben Todsnnden der Bildungspolitik (The Seven Deadly Sins of Educational Policy). SABINE BERKING is a Researcher at the Irmgard Coninx Foundation, Germany. She teaches Cultural Studies at the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) Berlin, Germany, and is a regular contributor to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. RALF M LLER

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