Charting Transnational Democracy Beyond

This collection explores transnational peace and social-justice movements, their implications for international relations, and their potential for democratizing global governance. Contributors examine case studies on issue areas including human rights, security, environment, and social/economic justice. The core objective is to determine whether and how progressive actors are able to break free of the entrapments of global arrogance.

Janie Leatherman is Professor of Politics and Government and Director of the Office of International Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State and Julie A. Webber is Assistant Professor of Politics at Illinois State University.

Glossary of Abbreviations

ix

Notes on Contributors

xiii

Preface

xix

Part 1 Escaping the Entrapment of Global Arrogance

1

(52)

Global Arrogance and the Crisis of Hegemony

3

(26)

Janie Leatherman

Outline of a Generic Will: Global Arrogance, Social Movements, and the Net

29

(24)

Julie A. Webber

Part 2 Challenging Arrogance from the Local to the Global

53

(96)

Making Democratic Space for Poor People: The Kensington Welfare Rights Union

55

(20)

Diana Zoelle

Jyl J. Josephson

The Peaceful Superpower: The Movement against War in Iraq

75

(26)

David Cortright

Truth Commissions and U.S. Hegemony

101

(22)

Carlos A. Parodi

Environmental Movements in East Central Europe: Between Technocracy and the ``Third Way''

123

(26)

Lars K. Hallstrom

Part 3 Facing the Dangers of Replicating Global Arrogance

149

(96)

Challenging and Reinforcing Dominant Myths: Transnational Feminists Use the Internet to Contest the War on Terrorism

151

(24)

Krista Hunt

Knowing the Promises, Facing the Challenges: The Role of the Internet in Development and Human Rights Campaigns and Movements in the Arab Middle East

175

(20)

Marlyn Tadros

Transnational Environmental Activism after Seattle: Between Emancipation and Arrogance

195

(26)

Kate O'Neill

Stacy D. VanDeveer

Global Movement to Ban Landmines: A Case Study in Transformative Politics

221

(24)

Jim L. Nelson

Part 4 Creating Democratic Alternatives

245

(43)

The World Social Forum: Arena or Actor?

247

(22)

Teivo Teivainen

Making Space for Transnational Democracy

269

(19)

Janie Leatherman

Index

288

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Charting Transnational Democracy Beyond Global Arrogance

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