Suchergebnisse

The use of the concept of "global civil society" (GCS) acknowledges the intensifying role of non-state civic actors in world politics and expresses the emergence of a unique social sphere transcending national boundaries. Extensive literatures strive to suggest conceptualizations and assessments of the actual and desired effects of GCS. Nevertheless, relatively little attention has been given to the interplay between the emerging sphere of a GCS and the traditional sphere of international or interstate interactions. This article examines the idea of GCS through an exploration of the conceptual interplay between the notions of GCS and the interstate system. It presents a typology of three possible ideal-type relations: (1) GCS as replacement of statist features of the international system; (2) GCS as opposition to the state system; and (3) GCS as subsidiary organ to the international society. From a perspective informed by the English School of international relations theory, the article argues that the enhanced role of GCS in world politics is a result of international society's attempts to adapt interstate rules and practices to the context of globalization.

"From food banks to migrant welcome committees, and community organisers to internet based campaigners, civil society is central to the North Atlantic social landscape. Theology and Civil Society advances our understanding of what civil society is and offers a theologically informed re-imagining of our shared social life. Prefaced by a foreword by the Rev. Dr Rowan Williams, this book explores contemporary manifestations of the kind of collective action observed in civil society since the 1800s. It then examines civil society as the sum of modern associations which mediate our relationships to the market and the state, but which cannot be identified fully with either the market or the state. Finally, three different perspectives on civil society are presented using insights from theologians such as John Milbank and Georg Hegel. This is a pertinent topic for contemporary society, and it is explored expertly here by an international panel of contributors. As such, it is an important volume for any scholar of Theology and Religious Studies and their interactions with Sociology and Politics."--Provided by publisher.

"Mit der Ausbreitung des Internet haben die Erwartungen, dass die elektronischen Kommunikationsmedien
tiefgreifende gesellschaftliche Veränderungsprozesse auslösen werden, neue Nahrung erhalten. Gelegentlich
wird sogar behauptet, dass sich außerhalb der Realgesellschaft eine Cybersociety entwickelt, die über eigene
Normen des Umgangs und der Verständigung seiner Bürger sowohl mit der Technik als auch miteinander
verfügt. Die technischen und institutionellen Strukturen des Cyberspace und die in ihnen verkörperten Werte
werden als tragende Elemente eines Modells einer "guten" Gesellschaft idealisiert, in der gute soziale und
technische Standards korrespondieren. Im Papier wird das "Gute" des Internet skizziert, indem die Entwicklung
seiner technischen und seiner institutionellen und normativen Struktur analysiert wird. Werte der Wissenschaft,
Skepsis oder Opposition gegenüber Hierarchien, kollektives Vertrauen in den mündigen Internetbürger sowie
neue offene und "demokratische" Formen der technischen Koordination und Standardisierung jenseits von
Politik und Kommerz prägen die frühen Entwicklungsphasen des Netzes. Sie wirken bis heute im Selbstbild
und im Fremdbild der Internet-Community nach, auch wenn mit der Entwicklung des World Wide Web das
Internet sozial heterogen und technisch multimedial geworden ist.
Die alten normativen und institutionellen Elemente des Netzes sollen nun auch die globale Ausbreitung des
Internet fördern. Nationale und internationale politische Initiativen, die darauf zielen, eine globale
Informationsinfrastruktur aufzubauen, orientieren sich am Modell Internet. Nicht nur große Unternehmen und
schon gar nicht Regierungen, sondern freiwillige Assoziationen, internationale Organisationen, private
Konsortien, aber auch die User-Community sollen das Projekt vorantreiben. Die globale Civil Society soll eine
von ihr selbst geordnete Informationsgesellschaft mit dem globalen Internet als Rückgrat werden." [Autorenreferat]

This work attempts to counteract the essentialism of originary thinking in the contemporary era by providing a new reading of a relatively understudied corpus of literature from a ambivalently stereotyped diasporic group, in order to rethink and problematise the concept of diaspora as a spatial concept. As work situated in the Law-in-Literature movement, beyond the disciplinary boundaries of scholarship, this book aims to construct a 'literary jurisprudence' of diaspora space, deconstructing space in order to question what it means to be 'settled' in literary refractions of the lawscape by drawing on refractions of case law in a corpus of texts by Romani authors. These texts are used as hermeutic framings to draw unique spatio-temporal landscapes through which the reader can explore the refractive, reflective, interpretative conditions of legality as a crucible in which to theorise law.The radical intent of this work, therefore, is to deconstruct jurisprudential spatial order in order to theorize diaspora space, in the context of the Roma Diaspora. This work will offer readers new possibilities to re-imagine diaspora through law and literature and provides an innovative critical interdisciplinary analysis of the shaping of space.

Book Reviewed in this artices:Norval Morris, The Future of ImprisonmentRobert Eyestone, The Threads of Public Policy: A Study in Policy LeadershipEarl Johnson, Jr., Justice and Reform: The Formative Years of the OEO Legal Services ProgramMarvin R. Burt, Policy Analysis: Introduction and Applications to Health ProgramsGary W. Shannon and G. E. Alan Dever, Health Care Delivery: Spatial PerspectivesTheodore R. Marmor, The Politics of MedicareHEALTH POLICY AND THE POORPhilip K. Piele and John Stuart Hall, Budgets, Bonds, and Ballots: Voting Behavior in School Financial ElectionsJerome T. Murphy, State Education Agencies and Discretionary Funds: Grease the Squeaky WheelJohn D. Owen, School Inequality and the Welfare State