Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics: The Construction of Global Governance (Global Institutions) - Hardcover

Willetts, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041538124X ISBN 13: 9780415381246

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Amnesty International and Oxfam to Greenpeace and Save the Children are key players in global politics. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the significant role of NGOs in world politics.

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Review:

"A wise and amazingly succinct, scholarly, and highly readable analysis of the essential nature of NGOs and their increasingly prominent role in global politics. Willetts has made an insightful and constructive (in every sense) contribution to the literature on NGOs and, by extension, IR theory, international institutions, and global governance." -Yale H. Ferguson, Global Governance, Vol. 18, 2012

"A useful guide to NGOs and their roles in global politics." - Mariya Y. Omelicheva, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 34

Synopsis:

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Amnesty International and Oxfam to Greenpeace and Save the Children are now key players in global politics. This informative text provides a comprehensive overview of the significant role of NGOs in world politics. Peter Willetts analyzes the variety of different NGOs, their structure, membership and activities and their complex relationship with social movements and civil society. How NGOs influence global policy-making and how they function within the UN system is explained, as well as the lack of discussion of NGOs within mainstream international relations theory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 041538124X
• ISBN 13: 9780415381246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 218