Global Civil Society More or Less Democracy

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"The Committee on Civil Society Research in Sweden decided

to organise a seminar titled Global Civil Society - More or Less De-

mocracy? at the WSF in Nairobi in January 2007, focusing on de-

mocracy and civil society in the context of contemporary globalisa-

tion. It was also decided to follow up the seminar with a publication,

inviting additional contributors who were not part of the seminar in

Nairobi, but who have a strong interest in issues related to global civil

society. The key questions we asked were:

* What are implications for democracy of the increasing number

and activities of NGOs, social movement organisations and private

foundations globally �whether we choose to conceptualise these

as "civil society" or not?

* In what sense does (or can) global civil society contribute to fur-

ther democratisation in an era of globalisation?

* In what sense can global civil society undermine democratisation

processes? "

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-[http://www.dhf.uu.se/FMPro?-db=pub1.fp5&-format=/publications/dd/apubdddetail.html&-lay=weblayout&-sortfield=pubyear&-sortorder=descend&-sortfield=pubissuewithoutcolon&-sortorder=descend&pubtype=development&-max=2147483647&-recid=67&-find= Development Dialogue no 49, November 2007]. Development Dialogue is a forum provided by the Dag Hammarskj&ouml;ld Foundation for critical discussions of international development priorities and challenges. Its main focus is on North-South relations and alternative perspectives
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+[[Image:Development_Dialogue_Nov_2007.png|Above: The cover page of [http://www.dhf.uu.se/FMPro?-db=pub1.fp5&-format=/publications/dd/apubdddetail.html&-lay=weblayout&-sortfield=pubyear&-sortorder=descend&-sortfield=pubissuewithoutcolon&-sortorder=descend&pubtype=development&-max=2147483647&-recid=67&-find= Development Dialogue no 49, November 2007]. Development Dialogue is a forum provided by the Dag Hammarskj&ouml;ld Foundation for critical discussions of international development priorities and challenges. Its main focus is on North-South relations and alternative perspectives to dominant paradigms.]]
 [[Category:Political institutions and democracy]]
 [[Category:Nairobi WSF 2007]]