Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics

Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics

Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics

Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics

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Overview

In Activists beyond Borders, Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink examine a type of pressure group that has been largely ignored by political analysts: networks of activists that coalesce and operate across national frontiers. Their targets may be international organizations or the policies of particular states. Historical examples of such transborder alliances include anti-slavery and woman suffrage campaigns. In the past two decades, transnational activism has had a significant impact in human rights, especially in Latin America, and advocacy networks have strongly influenced environmental politics as well. The authors also examine the emergence of an international campaign around violence against women.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801471285
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 02/15/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 539 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Margaret E. Keck is Professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of The Workers' Party and Democratization in Brazil and the coauthor of Greening Brazil: Environmental Activism in State and Society. Kathryn Sikkink is McKnight Presidential Chair in Political Science and Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, and is an affiliated faculty member at the University of Minnesota Law School. Her other books include, as author, Ideas and Institutions: Developmentalism in Brazil and Argentina and, as coeditor, Restructuring World Politics: Transnational Social Movements, Networks, and Norms.

Table of Contents

1. Transnational Advocacy Networks in International Politics: Introduction
2. Historical Precursors to Modern Transnational Advocacy Networks
3. Human Rights Advocacy Networks in Latin America
4. Environmental Advocacy Networks
5. Transnational Networks on Violence against Women
6. ConclusionsIndex

What People are Saying About This

Sidney Tarrow

A masterful combination of emerging theory and empirical comparison of one of the most intriguing areas of transnational politics. Keck and Sikkink access a broad range of theory from social movements, international relations, and comparative politics research to glean from a wealth of their own research findings solid and thought-provoking conclusions about the most interesting and least well-understood area of contentious politics in the world today.

Robert O. Keohane

Activists beyond Borders is a searching exploration of advocacy networks, providing compelling accounts in areas such as human rights and environmental protection and an intriguing glimpse into the transnational politics of the twenty-first century.

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