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Governance and Global Civil
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INTRODUCTION Across virtually all areas of global concern formal and informal networks
of social movements, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), epistemic
communities, social movements and other ‘unofficial’ agents operate along
side of states and international organizations in an attempt to influence
the way that policy makers, citizens, and corporations understand and
address global public goods challenges. From the flow of illegal drugs
across the globe to the emergence of trans-boundary environmental crises
and health epidemics (such as AIDS and SARS) to international terrorism
and the challenges of managing an increasingly integrated global economy
these transnational civil society organizations and movements are having a
direct influence on institutions both within and across countries. Many
suggest they now play an indispensable role in the management of
transnational problems and are becoming an important part of “the
organizational infrastructure of a globalizing world” (Anheier and Themudo
2002:183). Few, however, broadly understand how these organizations
function across different conditions and contexts, impact policy, or
manage the organizational challenges they face. |
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