CIAO DATE: 08/02

The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society

Ann M. Florini, editor

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

2000

Summary

Transnational networks of civil society groups are seizing an ever-greater voice in how governments run countries and how corporations do business. This volume brings together a multinational group of authors to help policy makers, scholars, corporate executives, and activists themselves understand the profound issues raised. How powerful are these networks? Is their current prominence a temporary fluke or a permanent change in the nature of international power? What roles should they play as the world struggles to cope with the new global agenda? The book's six case studies investigate the role of transnational civil society in the global anti-corruption movement, nuclear arms control, dam-building and sustainability, democracy movements, landmines, and human rights. The conclusion draws out lessons and argues for a new understanding of the legitimate role of transnational civil society.

 

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

1. What the World Needs Now?
   Ann M. Florini and P.J. Simmons

2. A Global Network to Curb Corruption: The Experience of Transparency International
   Fredrik Galtung

3. Advocates and Activists: Conflicting Approaches on Non-Proliferation and the Test Ban Treaty
   Rebecca Johnson

4. Towards Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development: Transnational Civil Society Organizing Around Big Dams
   Sanjeev Khagram

5. Transnational Networks and Campaigns for Democracy
   Chetan Kumar

6. Building Partnerships Toward a Common Goal: Experiences of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
   Motoko Mekata

7. The Power of Norms versus the Norms of Power: Transnational Civil Society and Human Rights
   Thomas Risse

8. Lessons Learned
   Ann M. Florini

Annotated Bibliography
Yahya Dehqanzada

Index

Contributors