G7-Treffen, Klimagipfel, WTO-Konferenzen und andere internationale Großveranstaltungen sind heute immer begleitet von Protesten, von denen das Getöse meist stärker zur Kenntnis gelangt als die inhaltlichen Anliegen der (seriös) Protestierenden. Dieses Sammelwerk aus 12 Beiträgen von 16...

This paper seeks to make sense of the impact of globalization on nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations. We argue that globalization processes have contributed to the rising numbers and influence of NGOs in many countries, and particularly in the international arena. International NGOs and NGO...

In textbooks and in theory, law is a product of democratic procedures. In reality, however, the place of law production has moved to a significant degree from the domestic sphere into an emerging domain of supranational and international institutions, bodies, and organizations, public or...

Transnational non-state governance arrangements (NGAs) are increasingly common in areas such as labor standards and environmental sustainability, often presenting themselves as innovative means through which the lives of marginalized communities in developing countries can be improved. Yet in...