Parallel Sessions: The local-Global nexus of Civil Society
Parallel
sessions 2
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009: 14:30-16:00
Re-examining civil
society theory within a globalized context
The global-local
nexus of civil society actors in Africa
Samuel Teshale Derbe, University of Amsterdam and Ethiopian Civil
Service College, Ethiopia/Netherlands
Cultural capital and
the global-local nexus: operationalizing the idea of cultural capital in the
study of civil society
Gordon Shockley, Arizona State University, United States
The funding
environment of global civil society
International
funding for human rights organizations in Cambodia: a case study of Diakonia and Forum Syd
David F. Walker, High Point University, United States
The impact of
the economic crisis on U.S. international philanthropy
Mark Sidel, Iowa State University, United States
Building local
capacity through international linkages
"Now I
understand I am part of something that is much bigger": on structuring
transnational civil society identity through international capacity building
for local Israeli NGOs
Rolly Rosen, Shatil, Israel
Globalization and
internationalization: the case of a bi-national third sector organization: a
model that can be applied elsewhere?
Aron York, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Parallel
sessions 3
Thursday, March 19th, 2009: 09:00-10:30
Internationalizing
local problems through civil society
Localizing and
transnationalizing contentious politics: global civil society in the Philippines
Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, University of the Philippines-Diliman,
Philippines
Campaigning for
eco-justice in Nigeria's oil producing Niger delta: how local NGOs
internationalized the environmental crisis in Nigeria
Stan Ilo, Canadian Samaritans for Africa/University of St Michael's
College in University of Toronto, Canada
Critical approaches
to the globalization of civil society
Globalization and
the dark side of the third-sector: terrorist abuse of NGOs and civil society
associations
Edward L. Queen, Emory University, United States
Local dissent
organizations partnering with the global – cooperation, a partnership of
comfort, or sleeping with the devil?
Yaala Raanan, Sapir College, Israel
Managing the
challenges of local/global activism
Negotiating the
global/local nexus: collaborations and contestations in the partnerships of
international and local NGOs in Senegal
Kathryn Mossman, McMaster University, Canada
The global versus
the local: the politics of international election monitoring in Africa
J. Shola Omotola, Redeemer's University, Nigeria
Translating the
Swedish popular movement into the civil society of Nicaragua
Ola Larsson, Ersta Sköndal University College, Sweden
