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Though the concept of civil society (CS) has gained popularity with the increasing movement toward democracy around the world, it holds theoretical & historical ambiguities unrecognized in popular usage. While CS connotes a social life of stable rights & treatment of human beings as individuals in a legal, political, economic, & personal sense, the term is embedded in the logic of liberal capitalist society & the capitalist division of labor. CS requires at least minimal democratization, but also involves tensions endemic to capitalism & the processes of uneven development. 93 References. Adapted from the source document.

Written by leading authorities from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America, this groundbreaking volume offers the first truly global and critical perspective on human security in the post 9/11 world. The collection offers unique interpretations on mainstream discourses on human security

Pt. 1: Approaches to Gramsci Pt. 2: Approaches to world order

Shani, G. ; Chandler, D.: Introduction. - S. 196-197 Debrix, F.: We other IR Foucaultians. - S. 197-199 Richmond, O. P.: Foucault and the paradox of peace-as-governance versus everyday agency. - S. 199-202 Joseph, J.: What can governmentality do for IR? - S. 202-204 Chandler, D.: Forget Foucault, forget Foucault, forget Foucault ... - S. 205-207 Calkivik, A.: Why not to choose a secure "We" in a security-obsessed world. - S. 207-209 Shani, G.: De-colonizing Foucault. - S. 210-213 Pasha, M. K.: Disciplining Foucault. - S. 213-215

Is it accurate to equate "fundamentalism" with antimodernism? What explains the growing importance of religious activists in world politics? Guns, Gods, and Globalization explores the multifaceted phenomenon of religious resurgence, ranging from the Christian right in the U.S. to ethnonationalist movements across North Africa and Asia. The authors' focus on the complex relationship between religious revivalism and globalization results in a nuanced study of religious political movements as they emerge in the context of rapid socioeconomic change

"Tianxia--conventionally translated as "all-under-Heaven"--in everyday Chinese parlance simply means "the world." But tianxia is also a geopolitical term found in canonical writings that has a deeper historical and philosophical significance. Although there are many understandings of tianxia in this literature, interpretations within the Chinese process cosmology generally begin with an ecological understanding of intra-national relations that acknowledge the mutuality and interdependence of all economic and political activity. This volume contextualizes the tianxia vision of geopolitical order within a variety of strategies drawn from a broad spectrum of cultures and peoples: Buddhist, Islamic, Indian, African, Confucian, European. The conversation among the contributors is guided by several central questions: Is tianxia the only model of cosmopolitanism? Are there ideas and ideals comparable to tianxia that exist in other cultures? What alternative perspectives of global justice have inspired Western, Indian, Islamic, Buddhist, and African cultural traditions? The fundamental premise here is that in order for a planetary tianxia system to be relevant and significant for the present time and for our vision of the future, it must acknowledge the plurality of moral ideals defining the world's cultures while at the same time seek practical ways to formulate a minimalist morality that can provide the solidarity needed to bring the world's people together"--