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Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization

John D. Clark
Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization
ISBN: 978-1-56549-168-7
$72.00
ISBN: 978-1-56549-167-0
$27.50
2003/288 pages/LC: 2003001637
A Kumarian Press Book
"A balanced survey of debates surrounding globalization, civil society, and global governance, clearly written and fair to all sides, positions, and perspectives."—Michael Edwards, Ford Foundation

"This straightforward and eminently readable book provides a timely and invaluable assessment of the state of global civil society and the challenges it faces as it tries to transform and 'civilize' processes of globalization. An extraordinarily useful overview of the current debates over ethical globalization."—Kumi Naidoo, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

"There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about the need for a fairer and more inclusive globalization that provides real benefits for the poor. This book offers some timely and provocative suggestions about how to do that."—Mark Malloch Brown, United Nations Development Program

"It is good to read a book as sane yet passionate as this. John Clark makes a convincing case for what many, doing a little but working together, have already achieved, and he inspires us to keep going."——David Bryer, Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

DESCRIPTION

In Worlds Apart, John Clark shows us how the same opportunities and threats that have caused such rapid change in the economic and corporate worlds are also transforming the citizen's sector.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John D. Clark, now retired, was a lead social scientist at the World Bank and also served as adviser to Kofi Annan on issues related to UN–civil society relations.

CONTENTS

  • THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION.
  • Globalization—Agony or Ecstasy?
  • Setting the Scene.
  • How Globalization Affects Markets—Distortion and Extortion.
  • How Globalization Affects Poor People.
  • How Global Changes Affect Politics. 
  • HOW GLOBAL CHANGE AFFECTS CIVIL SOCIETY.
  • This Is the Age of a Civicus—The Rise of Civil Society.
  • Civil Society in the Network Era.
  • Retaining Relevance.
  • The Protest Movement and the "Dot-Causes."
  • Pressure Groups Under Pressure.
  • THE PATH TO ETHICAL GLOBALIZATION.
  • Civilizing Globalization.
  • Making Globalization Ethical—by Making Ethics Global.