North-south environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)

In times of global crisis, or in the wake of disaster, non-governmental public actors play key roles in assisting states and providing relief. They also have crucial roles in advocating for changes: in societies, in laws and even to regimes. This unique collection of comparative studies on the polit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Doherty, B., Doyle, Timothy
Other Authors: Howell, J.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Palgrave MacMillan 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36140
_version_ 1848754686958501888
author Doherty, B.
Doyle, Timothy
author2 Howell, J.
author_facet Howell, J.
Doherty, B.
Doyle, Timothy
author_sort Doherty, B.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description In times of global crisis, or in the wake of disaster, non-governmental public actors play key roles in assisting states and providing relief. They also have crucial roles in advocating for changes: in societies, in laws and even to regimes. This unique collection of comparative studies on the politics of non-governmental public action at the global level explores themes such as child rights, access to medicine, global security and environmentalism. The contributors investigate how non-governmental public actors engage in global policy processes and how this in turn affects their activities and their relations with each other. They discuss the tensions of organising globally, revolving around different political agendas in the 'North' and 'South', different ideological starting-points and differential access to resources and opportunities. While non-governmental public action at the global level can make a difference to issues and policies both globally and domestically, acting globally also brings with it tensions, contradictions and complex power relations that shape how non-governmental public action unfolds.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T08:44:22Z
format Book Chapter
id curtin-20.500.11937-36140
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T08:44:22Z
publishDate 2012
publisher Palgrave MacMillan
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-361402017-01-30T13:53:51Z North-south environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) Doherty, B. Doyle, Timothy Howell, J. In times of global crisis, or in the wake of disaster, non-governmental public actors play key roles in assisting states and providing relief. They also have crucial roles in advocating for changes: in societies, in laws and even to regimes. This unique collection of comparative studies on the politics of non-governmental public action at the global level explores themes such as child rights, access to medicine, global security and environmentalism. The contributors investigate how non-governmental public actors engage in global policy processes and how this in turn affects their activities and their relations with each other. They discuss the tensions of organising globally, revolving around different political agendas in the 'North' and 'South', different ideological starting-points and differential access to resources and opportunities. While non-governmental public action at the global level can make a difference to issues and policies both globally and domestically, acting globally also brings with it tensions, contradictions and complex power relations that shape how non-governmental public action unfolds. 2012 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36140 Palgrave MacMillan restricted
spellingShingle Doherty, B.
Doyle, Timothy
North-south environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
title North-south environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
title_full North-south environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
title_fullStr North-south environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
title_full_unstemmed North-south environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
title_short North-south environmentalisms: Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
title_sort north-south environmentalisms: friends of the earth international (foei)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36140