Global Activism Reader

Designed for undergraduate students, the reader combines essays on actual causes and issues that mobilize activists with theory and concepts of social mobilization.

Luc Reydams joined the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame in 2002, where he teaches courses and seminars on international law, international organizations, transnational social movements, and the network society.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Social Movements, NGOs, Networks, and the Idea of a Global Civil Society
Social Movements, NGOs, and Networks	p. 3
Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Movement Society	p. 24
The Rise and Fall of Transnational Civil Society: The Evolution of International Non-Governmental Organizations since the Mid-Nineteenth Century	p. 35
Anti-Slavery and Congo Reform
Transatlantic Activism in the Eighteenth Century: the Anti-Slavery Movement	p. 47
Transnational Humanitarian Heroes in the Early Twentieth Century: The Congo Reform Movement	p. 59
Global Labor
Transnational Pioneers: The International Labor Movement	p. 73
Labor Rights as Human Rights: Regulation in the Context of a ôThinnedö National State	p. 81
Human Rights
The Power of Norms versus the Norms of Power: Transnational Civil Society and Human Rights	p. 115
Civil Society and the International Criminal Court	p. 134
Human Rights NGOs: A Critical Evaluation	p. 149
Women's Rights
The Global Women's Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies	p. 163
Contesting Women's Rights: Charting the Emergence of a Transnational Conservative Counter-network	p. 190
Environment
Spinning the Green Web: Transnational Environmentalism	p. 221
Transnational Policy Networks and the Role of Advocacy Scientists: From Ozone Layer Protection to Climate Change	p. 236
Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem: An Analysis of the Conservative Movement's Counter-Claims	p. 251
Peace and Disarmament
Banning the Bomb	p. 273
The Ottawa Process: Nine-Day Wonder or a New Model for Disarmament Negotiations?	p. 291
Assessing the Small Arms Movement: The Trials and Tribulations of a Transnational Network	p. 300
Social Justice and Democracy
Before Seattle: The Historical Roots of the Current Movement against Corporate-led Globalization	p. 327
Reclaiming the Commons	p. 341
Creating Spaces for Global Democracy: The World Social Forum Process	p. 347
Is Another World Possible? Problems and Shortcomings of the World Social Forum	p. 376
Notes on Authors	p. 388
Index	p. 391
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