ISBN:
0415420148
,
0203963210
,
9780415420143
,
9780203963210
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiii, 313 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in international relations and global politics 56
Parallel Title:
Print version Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance : Paradigms of Power and Persuasion
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
International relations
;
Religion and civilization
;
Civil society
Abstract:
This is one of the first books to explore the nexus between civil society, religion, and global governance, their impact on human security and well-being, and significance for current debates in international politics
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Civil society, religion and global governance - the power and persuasiveness of civil society; Part I: Human security and human rights; 2 National security: Proportionality, restraint and common sense; 3 Human security, identity politics and global governance: From freedom from fear to fear of freedoms; 4 A transcivilisational perspective on global issues in the twenty-first century: A way to overcome Euro-America-centric discourses on world affairs in the twenty-first century
Description / Table of Contents:
Part II: The politics of civil religion5 The Anglican church, the state and modern warfare; 6 Religion and the destruction of Aboriginal society: The paradox of Australian indigenous civil societies; 7 Church-state relations and civil society in former communist countries; Part III: The ethics of civil development; 8 War and the role of religion in a global civil society; 9 Citizenship as consumption or citizenship as agency?: The challenge for civil society in Latin America; 10 Corruption, institutions and transcultural interaction
Description / Table of Contents:
Part IV: Civil society and global governance: Panacea or problematique?11 Postsecular civil society; 12 Christian custom and the church as structure in 'weak states' in Melanesia; 13 Governance, civil society and economic development: A view from the Pacific; Part V: Cross-cultural perspectives on institutional development for civil society; 14 Community development and globalisation; 15 Confronting Burma/Myanmar's security dilemma: An integrated approach to national and human security issues; 16 The place of religion in the Iranian fertility transition
Description / Table of Contents:
17 Faith, NGOs and the politics of development in BangladeshPart VI: International civil society: Prospects for enhancing human security; 18 Contesting 'globalisation from above': International non-governmental organisations and the prospects for global social contract; 19 Kifaya as political culture: The Egyptian presidential election, 2005; 20 Religious-based civil society and anti-corruption campaign: The Indonesian experience in the creation of good governance; 21 Conclusion: Paradigms of a more civil society; Index
Note:
Includes index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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