Umfang:
1 online resource (182 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415520652
,
9781136262890
Serie:
Routledge Studies in Globalisation Series
Inhalt:
The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is world's largest civil society movement fighting against poverty and inequality. This book explores GCAP's power as a global actor and its embodiment of emancipatory change. Drawing on a wide range of social and political theory, it features case studies on Malawi and India
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of boxes and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Something is happening here ... conceptual clarity -- Conceptualising GCAP -- Research design -- Chapter outline - hegemony, inclusion, legitimacy -- Power: an interlude -- 2 Hegemony -- Introduction -- Monitory oppositionality -- Standing up against ... who? what? -- Empty signifiers and contested meanings -- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- Conclusion -- 3 Inclusivity -- Introduction -- Constituting the cosmos -- The multiple and contradictory practices of international NGOs in GCAP -- Reworking power -- Conclusion -- 4 Legitimacy -- Introduction -- Constructing GCAP at the grassroots -- GCAP acting ... -- Conclusion -- 5 Implications and conclusions -- Introduction -- Framing the research -- Implications of the research -- Hegemony, inclusion and legitimacy: the holistic view -- Further avenues of research -- Final comments -- Appendix 1 Interviews -- Appendix 2 Email to research participants requesting participation for interviews -- Appendix 3 Consent form and information sheet shown to research participants at interview -- Appendix 4 Interview themes and questions -- Appendix 5 The Millennium Development Goals -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Gabay, Clive Civil Society and Global Poverty Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415520652
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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