Global civil society yearbook 2003 - Centre for Civil Society

As evidenced by the immense global mobilization against the war on Iraq, which arguably influenced the actions of government leaders, global civil society is now established as a major player on the international stage. This yearbook is the standard work on the topic, useful for social scientists and activists working on globalization from below. It opens with a chapter on the state of global civil society in 2003, discussing the mushrooming of social forums and the growth of a global anti-war movement. It contains contributions from Ulrich Beck and Martin Shaw on the need to globalize our thinking, a chapter by Meghnad Desai and Yahia Said on trade and the anti-capitalist movement, and a chapter by Mary Kaldor and Diego Muro-Ruiz tackling the "dark side" of global civil society: religious and nationalist militant groups. Further chapters discuss global civil society efforts to outlaw biological and chemical weapons; the campaign to combat violence against women; transnational peasants' movements; and the legal environment for global civil society.