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050 00 $aJZ1318$b.B675 2012
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245 00 $aBottom-up politics :$ban agency-centred approach to globalization /$cedited by Denisa Kostovicova, Marlies Glasius.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2012.
300 $a265 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"The writing out of agency from the study of globalization resulted in its portrayal as an uncontrollable, unstoppable and unchangeable force. Ordinary people have been conceptualized as victims or beneficiaries. Alternatively, grassroots activism has been romantically portrayed as an unproblematic force for good. Inspired by the work of Mary Kaldor on global civil society and new wars, the authors explore complex, counterintuitive and even unintended forms and consequences of bottom-up politics as the state loses its dominance as a political actor in the global era. Leading theorists such as Albrow, Falk, Held, Rothschild and Sassen, together with young scholars demonstrate the importance of agency to our understanding of globalization. They offer a critical evaluation of bottom-up politics from a variety of disciplines, including those of sociology, law, economics, history and politics. The book is an invaluable guide to a paradigm shift not just in studying but also in doing politics. Adopting a people-centered perspective to globalization, the authors explore complex, counterintuitive and even unintended forms and consequences of bottom-up politics, going beyond simplistic understandings of ordinary people as either victims or beneficiaries of globalization."--Publisher's website.
505 0 $aPART I: Global civil society: an emerging reality. Cosmopolitan Democracy: Paths and Agents / D. Archibugi & D. Held ; The Umma: From Global Civil Society to Global Public Sphere / H.R. Ezzat ; Civility and Global Civil Society: The Missing Link / H.K. Anheier ; Cosmopolitan Intimacies and Sexual Politics in Global Civil Society / H. Seckinelgin ; Dissident Writings: Prefiguring Global Civil Society? / M. Glasius. -- PART II: Human security: from states to people. External State-building and Transnational Networks: The Limits of the Civil Society Approach / D. Kostovicova & V. Bojicic-Dzelilovic ; A Bottom-up Approach to Redressing Past Violations of Human Rights / C. Chinkin & I. Rangelov ; The Degeneration of Cosmopolitan Wars / M.J. Faber ; From Counter-force to Human Security? Experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan / M. Theros & Y. Said ; Peace and the People: How the European Union Rewrites Security / G. Schmeder & M. Martin. -- PART III: Bottom-up globalization. Appropriating Normative Geopolitics: Civil Society, International Law, and the Future of the United Nations / R. Falk ; Chipko and Grameen Bank: Women's Responses of Resistance and Accommodation with Capital / M. Desai ; Globalization and the Study of Global Politics from Below: Preparing the Ground for an Alternative Approach / S. Selchow ; Against All Odds: The Urbanizing of Human Security? / S. Sassen ; Old New Wars: Global History from Below / E. Rothschild. -- Conclusion: Can Global Civil Society Answer the Hobbesian Problem? / M. Albrow.
650 0 $aGlobalization.
650 0 $aCivil society.
650 0 $aAgent (Philosophy)
650 0 $aHuman security$xInternational cooperation.
700 1 $aKostovicova, Denisa.
700 1 $aGlasius, Marlies.
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