POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Human Rights Watch, Uranian, Civil Society
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Civil society: the totality of all individuals and groups in a society who are not acting as participants in any government institutions or acting in the interests of commercial companies (curtis et al. Diverse in individual, group, and organizational membership nongovernmental. Organizations transnational advocacy networks summary looking ahead nongovernmental. Organizations: especially since the end of the cold war, and fostered by new communication technologies, the number and range of ngos has grown significantly, technology: Increases political effectiveness while decreasing cost of engagement. Ex. social media, global media outlets, access to international financial contributions, links to academic institutions: estimates of the number of ngos are very difficult to attain. 4990 ngos will consultative status with un: today, ngos play a vital role in international law, norms, and policies, governments and international organizations regularly rely on ngos for policy objectives. The environment (sierra club, greenpeace) i poverty reduction (oxfam, one) Protection of children (save the children, war child)
