Course Description

Examines the theoretical and practical challenges NGOs and other stakeholders encounter in an emerging global civil society. Language of instruction differs by year.

グローバル化する世界を市民の立場から理解するとどうなるのか。様々なNGOや社会運動などが構築する地球市民社会の理論と実践について概観する。開講年度によって、開講言語が異なる。

In this session, Kathy Matsui (Chair, Oxfam Japan) gave a lecture where he talked about Greenpeace as global civil society actors, their organizations structure, membership structure, some specific campaigns, and the many problems international NGOs face.

Reading:

Mary Kaldor et al, War and Peace: The Role of Global Civil Society, in: Anheier, Helmut,K., Marlies Glasius, Mary Kaldor. 2007. Global civil society 2006/7. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, Chapter 4, pp. 94-119.

Kaldor, Mary. Globalization, the State and War, in Mary Kaldor, 2003. Global civil society : An answer to war. Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity Press ; Blackwell Pub. Chapter 5.

Kaldor, Mary. September 11: The Return of the Outside, in Mary Kaldor, 2003. Global civil society: An answer to war. Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity Press ; Blackwell Pub. Chapter 6.