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NGOs and Transnational Networks: Wild Cards in World Politics
William Demars
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Paperback. DeMars argues that NGOs are best conceptualized not in terms of either principles or power, but through the partners they make in transnational society and politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPWH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Non-Governmental Organisations and their networks are proliferating in all regions of the world. They address every transnational issue from population to peace, human rights to species rights, genocide to AIDS. Supporters claim NGOs are effective in achieving their goals, while detractors counter that NGO power is paltry compared to governments and corporations.
Challenging both views, DeMars irreverently reveals the political claims implicit in every transnational NGO. They are best conceptualised, he argues, not in terms of either principles or power, but through the partners they make in transnational society and politics. NGOs and transnational networks ... Read more
Non-Governmental Organisations and their networks are proliferating in all regions of the world. They address every transnational issue from population to peace, human rights to species rights, genocide to AIDS. Supporters claim NGOs are effective in achieving their goals, while detractors counter that NGO power is paltry compared to governments and corporations.
Challenging both views, DeMars irreverently reveals the political claims implicit in every transnational NGO. They are best conceptualised, he argues, not in terms of either principles or power, but through the partners they make in transnational society and politics. NGOs and transnational networks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745319056
SKU
V9780745319056
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About William Demars
William DeMars is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government at Wofford College, South Carolina. He has studied NGOs operating in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central America and East Asia and is the author of NGOs and Transnational Networks (Pluto, 2005).
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