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Civil society and gender justice: historical and comparative perspectives
In: European civil society 4
"Civil society and civic engagement have increasingly become topics of discussion at the national and international level. The editors of this volume ask, does the concept of 'civil society' include gender equality and gender justice? Or, to frame the question differently, is civil society a feminist concept? Conversely, does feminism need the concept of civil society? This important volume offers both a revised gendered history of civil society and a program for making it more egalitarian in the future. An interdisciplinary group of internationally known authors investigates the relationship between public and private in the discourses and practices of civil societies; the significance of the family for the project of civil society; the relation between civil society, the state, and different forms of citizenship; and the complex connection between civil society, gendered forms of protest and nongovernmental movements. While often critical of historical instantiations of civil society, all the authors nonetheless take seriously the potential inherent in civil society, particularly as it comes to influence global politics. They demand, however, an expansion of both the concept and project of civil society in order to make its political opportunities available to all."--Back cover
Digital Innovations for a Circular Plastic Economy in Africa
In: Routledge Studies in Sustainability
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century that requires innovative and varied solutions. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, this book brings together interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder perspectives exploring challenges and opportunities for utilising digital innovations to manage and accelerate the transition to a circular plastic economy (CPE). This book is organised into three sections bringing together discussion of environmental conditions, operational dimensions and country case studies of digital transformation towards the circular plastic economy. It explores the environment for digitisation in the circular economy, bringing together perspectives from practitioners in academia, innovation, policy, civil society and government agencies. The book also highlights specific country case studies in relation to the development and implementation of different innovative ideas to drive the circular plastic economy across the three sub-Saharan African regions. Finally, the book interrogates the policy dimensions and practitioner perspectives towards a digitally enabled circular plastic economy. Written for a wide range of readers across academia, policy and practice, including researchers, students, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), digital entrepreneurs, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and multilateral agencies, policymakers and public officials, this book offers unique insights into complex, multilayered issues relating to the production and management of plastic waste and highlights how digital innovations can drive the transition to the circular plastic economy in Africa. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license
Histories of Public Diplomacy and Nation Branding in the Nordic and Baltic Countries
In: Diplomatic Studies
Preliminary Material /Louis Clerc , Nikolas Glover and Paul Jordan -- Representing the Small States of Northern Europe: Between Imagined and Imaged Communities /Louis Clerc and Nikolas Glover -- The Nationalisation of Swedish Enlightenment Activities Abroad: Civil Society Actors and Their Impact on State Politics /Andreas Åkerlund -- Open Diplomacy and Minority Rights: The League of Nations and Lithuania's International Image in the Early 1920s /Chiara Tessaris -- Countering "The Obtuse Arguments of the Bolsheviks": Estonian Information Work in Sweden, the United States and Britain, 1940–1944 /Kaarel Piirimäe -- The Office for Cultural Relations: Representing Norway in the Post-War Period /Svein Ivar Angell -- A Public Diplomacy Entrepreneur: Danish Ambassador Bodil Begtrup in Iceland, Switzerland and Portugal, 1949–1973 /Kristine Kjærsgaard -- A Total Image Deconstructed: The Corporate Analogy and the Legitimacy of Promoting Sweden Abroad in the 1960s /Nikolas Glover -- "Gaining Recognition and Understanding on her own terms": The Bureaucracy of Finland's Image Policy, 1948–66 /Louis Clerc -- American Mirrors and Swedish Self-Portraits: US Images of Sweden and Swedish Public Diplomacy in the USA in the 1970s and 80s /Carl Marklund -- Diplomacy and Diasporas, Self-Perceptions and Representations: Baltic Attempts to Promote Independence, 1989–1991 /Una Bergmane -- Walking in Singing: Brand Estonia, the Eurovision Song Contest and Estonia's Self-Proclaimed Return to Europe, 2001–2002 /Paul Jordan -- Public Diplomacy vs Nation Branding:The Case of Denmark after the Cartoon Crisis /Mads Mordhorst -- Benevolent Assistance and Cognitive Colonisation: Nordic Involvement with the Baltic States since the 1990s /Kazimierz Musiał -- Small-State Identities: Promotions Past and Present /Christopher Browning -- Bibliography /Louis Clerc , Nikolas Glover and Paul Jordan -- Name Index /Louis Clerc , Nikolas Glover and Paul Jordan -- Subject Index /Louis Clerc , Nikolas Glover and Paul Jordan.