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Global Civil Society Yearbook 2009
Poverty and Activism
Edited by:
- Ashwani Kumar - Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
- Jan Aart Scholte - University of Warwick and the London School of Economics
- Mary Kaldor - Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit, Department of International Development, London School of Economics, UK
- Marlies Glasius - London School of Economics, UK
- Hakan Seckinelgin - London School of Economics, UK
- Helmut K Anheier - Hertie School of Governance, Germany, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Other Titles in:
Development Studies (General) | International Relations (General) | International Society
Development Studies (General) | International Relations (General) | International Society
May 2009 | 376 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
The annual Global Civil Society Yearbooks provide an indispensable guide to global civil society or civic participation and action around the world. The 2009 Yearbook explores the framings, strategies and impacts of a range of actors on poverty and its alleviation. The overarching question is to whether such actors, in pressing for poverty alleviation actually achieve anything/empower the poor, or simply aid wealthy states in maintaining the status quo. The contributors are diverse, including scholars and practitioners from India, America, the UK, Australia, Thailand, and Mali.
The Global Civil Society Yearbook remains the standard work on all aspects of contemporary global civil society for activists, practitioners, students and academics alike. It is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the key actors, forms and manifestations of global civil society around the world today.
Mary Kaldor, Ashwani Kumar & Hakan Seckinelgin
Introduction
Harsh Mander, Virginia Xaxa, Lakshmi Lingam & Amita Bhide
1. Poverty Discourses and Global Civil Society
Sally Stares
2. Global Poverty Statistics and Civil Society
Smitu Kothari
3. Bringing Justice and Culture Back in: Global Action for Local Livelihoods
Jan Aart Scholte & Jill Timms
4. Global Organisation in Civil Society: the Effects On Poverty
Celine Tan
5. Global Civil Society and Budget Participation
Khaled Mansour and Heba Raouf Ezzat
6. Faith-Based Action in Development and Humanitarian Work
Vinay Lal
7. Living in the Shadows: Injustice, Racism and Poverty in the India Diaspora
Laurie Berg & Anna Samson, Pamela K Robinson, & Jane Wills
8. Economic Migrants, the Banana Supply Chain, and the London Living Wage: Three Cases of Global Civil Society Activism on Poverty
Jessica Dimmock, Mishka Henner, Sharron Lovell, Subhash Sharma & Ali Taptik
9. Viewing Restricted: [Re]Presenting Poverty
Jan Aart Scholte, Renate Bloem, Richard Samans, Kumi Naidoo, Chantana Banpasirichote Wungaeo, Virginia Vargas, Barry Aminata Toure & Chandan Sengupta
10. Global Civil Society Forums and Poverty
Marlies Glasius & Jan Aart Scholte
Conclusion
Helmut Anheier & Hagai Katz
Introducing Futures Research: Forecasting and Scenarios
Data Programme
Chronology
I am still planning the course, but it likely that I shall list the book as a recommended additional reading. Our library has ordered a copy of book. It may well be that I put a chapter on the essential reading list (i.e. related to a seminar topic for a particular week), but this is TBC.
School of Social Sciences, Lincoln University
November 13, 2009
