Global social movements (GSMs) are networks that collaborate across borders to advance thematically similar agendas throughout the world and in doing so have become powerful actors in global governance. While some scholars argue that GSMs contribute to democracy in the global arena, others...

The right to land is increasingly recognized in transnational governance. In this paper, I argue that it has been established as a transnational norm. This argument is presented by tracing the transnational governance of land over time. I identified four phases that land governance progressed...

This book argues that increasing engagement between international institutions and global social movements is producing a new form of international organisation. The authors provide a rich analysis of the relationship between the IMF, World Bank, and World Trade Organization, and environmental,...

Der globale Countdown beschreibt, wie die Globalisierung gezähmt werden kann, welche enorme Kraft dabei die neuen sozialen Bewegungen entfalten und wer die Akteure sind, die sich dem Projekt Weltgesellschaft entgegenstellen.

Europe is committed to revitalising its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean. This is evidenced by the numerous high-level visits from Germany and the EU to Latin American countries since the beginning of the year. In early June, the European Commission presented a "new agenda" for...

Almost all major development institutions today say that promoting good governance is an important part of their agendas. Despite this consensus, 'good governance' is an extremely elusive objective: it means different things to different organizations and to different actors within these...