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Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era explores the role of digital advocacy organizations in the international arena. Hall provides a detailed investigation of the power that these organizations have, the ways in which they differ from traditional NGOs, their memberships and networks, and how their campaigns are distributed.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The Power of Digital Advocacy Organizations
- 3: Emulation and Propagation
- 4: Campaigning
- 5: A Transnational Network: Connect, Enhance and Collaborate
- 6: Trends in Transnational Campaigning: Issues, Targets, and Partners
- 7: Mobilizing for Climate Action
- 8: Member-Driven or Staff-Stewardship?
- 9: Conclusion
- Appendix
- References
About the author
Nina Hall is an Assistant Professor in International Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Europe). She previously worked as a Lecturer at the Hertie School of Governance, where she published her first book Displacement, Development, and Climate Change: International Organizations Moving Beyond their Mandates? (Routledge, 2016). She holds a DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford and is the co-founder of an independent and progressive think tank, Te Kuaka (formerly New Zealand Alternative). She has been a Senior Fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute (the German Internet Institute) and a Faculty Affiliate at the SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University.
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Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era explores the role of digital advocacy organizations in the international arena. Hall provides a detailed investigation of the power that these organizations have, the ways in which they differ from traditional NGOs, their memberships and networks, and how their campaigns are distributed.
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Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era offers a detailed accounting of a new actor in international politics: digital advocacy organizations. The book's rich ethnographic research takes the reader to the frontlines of organizations' strategic meetings and rapid-response campaigns. It persuasively argues that these organizations are different from traditional NGOs: they are more focused on the national level and beholden to the will of their members...Hall's research offers a compelling starting point to begin to understand their impact.
