{"product_id":"civil-society-religion-and-global-governance-9780415420143","title":"Civil Society Religion and Global Governance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the first books to explore the nexus between civil society, religion, and global governance, their impact on human security and well-being, and significance for current debates in international politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors examine salient aspects of the secular state whose monopoly on, and control of, institutional violence has reified its use of power to such an extent that the modernistic separation of church and state is being called into question, as institutional limits are sought to the abuse of that power. The volume is clearly divided into six key sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehuman security and human rights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe politics of civil religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe ethics of civil development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecivil society and global governance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecross-cultural perspectives on institutional development for civil society \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einternational civil society. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin these sections the illuminating case studies span a wide geographical extent from Central and E\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cem\u003eLawrence Cram \u003c\/em\u003e1. Introduction: Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance - The Power and Persuasiveness of Civil Society \u003cem\u003eHelen James \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Human Security and Human Rights \u003c\/strong\u003e2. National Security: Proportionality, Restraint and Commonsense \u003cem\u003eHon. Justice Michael Kirby, AC CMG \u003c\/em\u003e3. Human Security, Identity Politics and Global Governance: From Freedom from Fear to Fear of Freedoms \u003cem\u003eAmitav Acharya\u003c\/em\u003e 4. A Transcivilisational Perspective on Global Issues: A Way to Overcome Euro-America-Centric Discourse on World Affairs in the Twenty-First Century \u003cem\u003eYasuaki Onuma \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Politics of Civil Religion \u003c\/strong\u003e5. The Anglican Church, the State and Modern Warfare \u003cem\u003ePhilip Towle \u003c\/em\u003e6. Religion and the Destruction of Aboriginal Society: The Paradox of Australian Indigenous Civil Societies \u003cem\u003eGordon Briscoe, AO \u003c\/em\u003e7. Church-State Relations in Post-Communist Countries: The Idea of Path Dependency May Have Something Useful to Tell Us \u003cem\u003eRobert F. Miller \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: The Ethics of Civil Development \u003c\/strong\u003e8. War and the Role of Religion in a Global Civil Society \u003cem\u003eJoseph Runzo \u003c\/em\u003e9. Citizenship as Consumption or Citizenship as Agency? The Challenge for Latin American Civil Society \u003cem\u003ePhilip Oxhorn \u003c\/em\u003e10. Corruption, Governance and Transcultural Interaction \u003cem\u003eSeumas Miller \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Civil Society and Global Governance: Panacea or Problematique? \u003c\/strong\u003e11. Post-Secular Civil Society \u003cem\u003eWayne Hudson \u003c\/em\u003e12. Christian Custom and the Church as Structure in ‘Weak States’ in Melanesia \u003cem\u003eBronwen Douglas \u003c\/em\u003e13. Governance, Civil Society and Economic Development: A View from the Pacific \u003cem\u003eRon Duncan \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Institutional Development for Civil Society \u003c\/strong\u003e14. Community Development and Globalisation \u003cem\u003eIsagani Serrano \u003c\/em\u003e15. Confronting Burma\/Myanmar’s Security Dilemma: An Integrated Approach to National and Human Security Issues \u003cem\u003eZar Ni \u003c\/em\u003e16. The Iranian Fertility Transition: The Influences of Religion and Ethnicity \u003cem\u003ePeter McDonald and Md Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi \u003c\/em\u003e17. Faith, NGOs and the Politics of Secularism in Bangladesh \u003cem\u003eBina D’Costa \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 6: International Civil Society: Prospects for Enhancing Human Security \u003c\/strong\u003e18. Global Civil Society and the International Trade Regime \u003cem\u003eHe Baogang and Hannah Murphy \u003c\/em\u003e19. Kifaya as Political Culture: The 7 September 2005 Elections in Egypt \u003cem\u003eJacky Angus \u003c\/em\u003e20. Civil Society, Religion and Good Governance: The Indonesian Case \u003cem\u003eAzyumardi Azra \u003c\/em\u003e21. Conclusion: Paradigms of a More Civil Society \u003cem\u003eHelen James\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402116145495,"sku":"9780415420143","price":187.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/civil-society-religion-and-global-governance-9780415420143","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}