Globalising Citizens: New Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion

About the series
......Page 2
About the editors......Page 3
Acronyms......Page 8
Foreword......Page 11
PART ONE | Introduction......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
The changing nature of governance: new spaces for citizen engagements?......Page 18
The implications of changing authorities for the meanings and practices of citizenship......Page 21
Navigating the global terrain......Page 28
Conclusions and implications......Page 37
Notes......Page 40
References......Page 41
PART TWO | From global to local: the impact of global governance on everyday citizenship......Page 44
Introduction......Page 46
The Global Fund and shifting health governance structures......Page 48
Global AIDS funding in the Gambia......Page 52
Treatment support groups and citizen engagement with the Global Fund......Page 56
Conclusions......Page 63
Notes......Page 66
References......Page 67
Introduction......Page 69
Global health and AIDS activism in South Africa......Page 71
Global medicine in local places: the contentious politics of AIDS knowledge......Page 74
MSF’s biomedical foot soldiers in Lusikisiki village......Page 76
Mediators of global medicine and contested ‘facts’......Page 80
Conclusion......Page 88
Notes......Page 89
References......Page 90
Introduction......Page 92
Towards a more inclusive global governance......Page 93
Project Shakti: a market-led solution for enhancing women’s livelihoods......Page 95
Economic augmentation for rural women......Page 97
Enhanced formal citizenship but limited empowerment......Page 98
Spaces for representation and its legitimacy......Page 100
Accountability of different actors......Page 102
Inclusion and exclusion......Page 104
Conclusion......Page 105
Notes......Page 106
References......Page 108
Introduction......Page 109
The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology (IAASTD)......Page 110
Globalization and civil society: the place of international assessments......Page 111
Experts and citizens......Page 112
The politics of knowledge in global assessments......Page 118
Conclusion......Page 123
Notes......Page 125
References......Page 127
PART THREE | From local to global: the dynamics of transnational citizen action......Page 130
Introduction......Page 132
The emergence of transnational agrarian movements (TAMs)......Page 134
The nature of the state......Page 137
The politics of mobilization......Page 139
The politics of intermediation......Page 143
Knowledge politics......Page 146
Conclusion......Page 148
References......Page 150
Introduction......Page 153
Who governs education? Power across boundaries......Page 154
The challenges of building transnational campaign coalitions......Page 157
The case of the Global Campaign for Education......Page 158
Five factors that make a difference to success......Page 160
Implications for citizenship......Page 166
Conclusions......Page 169
Notes......Page 173
References......Page 174
Introduction......Page 176
The shifting landscape of trade governance in the Americas: implications for citizenship......Page 178
The politics of mobilization on trade governance......Page 183
Conclusions......Page 190
Notes......Page 194
References......Page 195
9 | Mobilization and political momentum: anti-asbestos struggles in South Africa and India......Page 198
The shifting nature of global authority......Page 199
The asbestos industry......Page 200
Table 9.1 Schematic comparison of anti-asbestos activism in India and South Africa......Page 201
Anti-asbestos mobilization......Page 202
Conclusion: anti-asbestos mobilization and possibilities for citizen agency......Page 218
Notes......Page 220
References......Page 221
Changing patterns of mobilization......Page 224
Trajectories of mobilization......Page 226
The local–global path: the ISA case......Page 231
Politics of intermediation......Page 234
Hybrid activism......Page 239
Notes......Page 242
References......Page 243
Citizenship and displacement in a globalizing world......Page 245
Who is responsible anyway?......Page 246
How do displaced people defy conventional notions of citizenship?......Page 248
Global citizens?......Page 258
Notes......Page 262
References......Page 263
About the contributors......Page 266
Index......Page 271