Global civil society : altering pathways to empower the marginalized
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Increased cross-national exchanges and the rise of global civil society have captured the attention of scholars and practitioners alike. In the three papers that comprise this dissertation, I use different analytic and methodological approaches to explore the features of global civil society and its effects on domestic civic and political affairs. The central focus is on the ability of global civil society actors and agendas, and transnational movements to reshape domestic contestations and empower those who are generally among the most marginalized: minority groups, indigenous peoples, and women and girls. Two important trends emerge from the research. First, NGOs, as key actors of global civil society, may strengthen local civil society organizations generating new systemic and sustainable opportunities for marginalized communities. The political economy of aid, though, remains a predominant feature of global civil society, strongly influencing where NGOs locate and biasing who is—and is not—supported. Marginalized groups, thus, have new pathways to recourse, but those opportunities may be constrained by geopolitics and global hierarchies.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Kloos, Karina Rochelle |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Sociology. |
| Primary advisor | McAdam, Doug |
| Thesis advisor | McAdam, Doug |
| Thesis advisor | Powell, Walter W |
| Thesis advisor | Snipp, C. Matthew |
| Thesis advisor | Soule, Sarah Anne, 1967- |
| Advisor | Powell, Walter W |
| Advisor | Snipp, C. Matthew |
| Advisor | Soule, Sarah Anne, 1967- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Karina Rochelle Kloos. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Sociology. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- Copyright
- © 2014 by Karina Rochelle Kloos
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