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Informationen zum Autor HARRY BAUER Researcher in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UKDENNIS DIJKZEUL Professor of the Management of Humanitarian Crises, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, GermanyANTONIO DONINI Senior Researcher at the Feinstein International Famine Center (FIFC), Tufts University, USASUSAN GEORGE Chair of the Planning Board, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Vice-President of the Association for Taxation of Financial Transaction to Aid Citizens (ATTAC), FranceBORIS HOLZER Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, GermanyMIKHAIL MOLCHANOV Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, St Thomas University, CanadaGERHARD J. KLOSE Advisor to German military forces in Afghanistan, and former Chief of the Policy and Doctrine Branch on Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC), Ministry of Defence, Bonn, GermanyTHOMAS OLESEN Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, DenmarkSHALINI RANDERIA Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandDAVID RIEFF Senior Fellow at The World Policy Institute at the New School, New York, USADIETER RUCHT Head of the Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilisation in Europe Research Group at the Social Science Research Centre, Berlin, GermanySUSANNE SOEDERBERG Associate Professor and a Canada Research Chairin Global Political Economy in the Development Studies Programme, Queen's University, CanadaTONY VAUX Independent Consultant for Humanitarian and Conflict Policy issues; previously Global Emergencies Co-ordinator at Oxfam, UK, and is a former Visiting Fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University, UK Klappentext Building a Transnational Civil Society analyzes the structural crises of globalization processes and demonstrates the opportunities for, and limitations of, actors in transnational civil society and political movements. Zusammenfassung Building a Transnational Civil Society analyzes the structural crises of globalization processes and demonstrates the opportunities for! and limitations of! actors in transnational civil society and political movements. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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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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HARRY BAUER Researcher in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
DENNIS DIJKZEUL Professor of the Management of Humanitarian Crises, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, Germany
ANTONIO DONINI Senior Researcher at the Feinstein International Famine Center (FIFC), Tufts University, USA
SUSAN GEORGE Chair of the Planning Board, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Vice-President of the Association for Taxation of Financial Transaction to Aid Citizens (ATTAC), France
BORIS HOLZER Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, Germany
MIKHAIL MOLCHANOV Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, St Thomas University, Canada
GERHARD J. KLOSE Advisor to German military forces in Afghanistan, and former Chief of the Policy and Doctrine Branch on Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC), Ministry of Defence, Bonn, Germany
THOMAS OLESEN Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark
SHALINI RANDERIA Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
DAVID RIEFF Senior Fellow at The World Policy Institute at the New School, New York, USA
DIETER RUCHT Head of the Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilisation in Europe Research Group at the Social Science Research Centre, Berlin, Germany
SUSANNE SOEDERBERG Associate Professor and a Canada Research Chairin Global Political Economy in the Development Studies Programme, Queen's University, Canada
TONY VAUX Independent Consultant for Humanitarian and Conflict Policy issues; previously Global Emergencies Co-ordinator at Oxfam, UK, and is a former Visiting Fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University, UK
