Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics

Keck, Margaret E.; Sikkink, Kathryn A.

ISBN 10: 0801484561 / ISBN 13: 9780801484568

Published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics
• Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801484561
• ISBN 13: 9780801484568
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Valuable reading for anyone concerned with contemporary dynamics of social change. â• International Affairs

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.

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.