{"product_id":"contestations-in-global-civil-society-9781800437012","title":"Contestations in Global Civil Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concept of Global Civil Society as an ‘imagined global community’ is raising questions that challenge perceptions of a border-free, footloose, global community. The era of ‘hyper-individualism’, accompanied by the virtualization of the public sphere, is offering support for collective action and processes in the face of rising economic and social anxieties, such as inequality, poverty, terrorism, xenophobia, nuclear weapons, and environmental destruction. Global Civil Society is now equipping itself to negotiate with resurrected boundaries, calls for decelerating the flow of people, identity clashes and throwbacks to tribal politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContestations in Global Civil Society\u003c\/em\u003e examines the ways in which the global community is dealing with heightened destabilization, entering what has been dubbed an ‘Age of Fracture’, and takes a close look at contemporary shifts that accompany the resurrection of multiple normative civil society discourses such as political mobilization, polarization, responsibility, and participation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat are the contestations within global civil society? What is our current perception of global civil society? How is it coping with the huge changes that are happening all around us? What will global civil society look like in the future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword. \u003cem\u003eRekha Saxana \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Introduction: Global Civil Society; \u003cem\u003eRoopinder Oberoi, Jamie P. Halsall, and Michael Snowden \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Unselfishness and Resilience: Social Capital in the context of the pandemic of COVID-19; \u003cem\u003eIan G. Cook and Paresh Wankhade \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Social Capital, Social Innovation and Social Enterprise: The Virtuous Circle; \u003cem\u003eRoopinder Oberoi, Jamie P. Halsall, and Michael Snowden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Does Fifth Industrial Revolution Benefit or Trouble the Global Civil Society?; \u003cem\u003eCátia Miriam Costa, Enrique Martinez-Galán, and Francisco Leandro \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Networked society and Governance: Algorithmic default?; \u003cem\u003eTom Cockburn \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The end of neoliberalism? The response to COVID19: An Australian geopolitical perspective; \u003cem\u003eMichael Lester and Marie dela Rama \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Civil Society and Environmental Protection in Brazil: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back;\u003cem\u003e Antônio Márcio Buainain and Junior Ruiz Garcia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Redefining Social Capital and Social Networks in Global Civil Society; \u003cem\u003eTom Cockburn \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Role of Social Capital and Social Enterprise in China’s Poverty Relief; \u003cem\u003eSam Yuqing Li and Qingwen Xu \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Conclusion: A Shifting Recognition of Global Civil Society?; \u003cem\u003eRoopinder Oberoi, Jamie P. Halsall, and Michael Snowden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emerald Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412772561239,"sku":"9781800437012","price":65.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contestations-in-global-civil-society-9781800437012","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}