Constructing World Culture: International Nongovernmental Organizations Since 1875

Published by Stanford University Press 1999

Constructing World Culture

International Nongovernmental Organizations Since 1875

Edited by: John Boli and George M. Thomas

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503617681

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This book illuminates the central role played by international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) in the emergence and development of a comprehensive world polity. The contributors argue that the enormous proliferation of INGOs since 1875—including international environmental organizations, human rights groups, bodies formed to regulate technical standards, and economic development organizations, among others—both reflects and contributes to the spread of global institutions and cultural principles based on models of rationality, individualism, progress, and universalism. The contributors contrast this world-polity perspective to other approaches to understanding globalization, including realist and neo-realist analyses in the field of international relations, and world-system theory and interstate competition theory in sociology. The volume considers transnational organizing as a historical process of the creation of global rules and norms, changing over time, that have identifiable effects on social organization at the national and local levels. The chapters provide empirical support for this approach, identifying specific mechanisms that translate global cultural assumptions and prescriptions into local social activity, such as the creation of state agencies, the formulation of government policies, and the emergence of social movements. The first part of the book deals with social movement INGOs, including environmental groups, women’s rights organizations, the Esperanto movement, and the International Red Cross. The second part treats technical and economic bodies, including the International Organization for Standardization, population policy groups, development organizations, and international professional science associations.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction John Boli and George M. Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: International Nongovernmental Organizations in the World Polity
1. INGOs and the Organization of World Culture John Boli and George M. Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. National Participation in World-Polity Organization John Boli, Thomas A. Loya and Teresa Loftin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Part Two: Social Movement Sectors
3. The Rationalization and Organization of Nature in World Culture David John Frank, Ann Hironaka, John W. Meyer, Evan Schofer and Nancy Brandon Tuma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
4. The Emergence and Transformation of the International Women's Movement Nitza Berkovitch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
5. Constructing a Global Identity: The Role of Esperanto Young S. Kim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
6. Rules of War and Wars of Rules: The International Red Cross and the Restraint of State Violence Martha Finnemore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Part Three: Technical, Scientific, and Development Sectors
7. Standardization in the World Polity: Technical Rationality over Power Thomas A. Loya and John Boli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
8. Population Control for National Development: From World Discourse to National Policies Deborah Barrett and David John Frank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
9. Development INGOs Colette Chabbott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
10. Science Associations in the International Sphere, 1875-1990: The Rationalization of Science and the Scientization of Society Evan Schofer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Conclusion: World Authority Structures and Legitimations John Boli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 380
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- Other: 19 figures, 19 tables

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