{"product_id":"global-civil-society-gideon-baker-9780415429788","title":"Global Civil Society: Contested Futures","description":"For many commentators, global civil society is revolutionising our approach to global politics, as new non-state-based and border-free expressions of political community challenge territorial sovereignty as the exclusive basis for political community and identity. This challenge 'from below' to the nation-state system is increasingly seen as promising nothing less than a reconstruction, or a re-imagination, of world politics itself. Whether in terms of the democratisation of the institutions of global governance, the spread of human rights across the world, or the emergence of a global citizenry in a worldwide public sphere, global civil society is understood by many to provide the agency necessary for these hoped-for transformations. \u003cem\u003eGlobal Civil Society\u003c\/em\u003e asks whether this idea is such a qualitatively new phenomenon after all; whether the transformation of the nation-state system is actually within its reach; and what some of the drawbacks might be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gideon Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415429781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415429788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Gideon Baker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443457995007,"sku":"9780415429788","price":77.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52325ae6-74df-46c4-a30c-ef348af3cc08.jpg?v=1777205663","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-civil-society-gideon-baker-9780415429788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}