2025년 08월 29일 출간 | ISBN : 8973168428 | 140쪽 | 규격外

Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 7 Chapter 2. Understanding Globalization and Global Governance 11 Chapter 3. The Evolution and Role of Global Civil Society 26 Chapter 4. The Concept of Global Citizenship and Transnational NGOs 42 Chapter 5. Globalization of NGO 54 Chapter 6. The Role of NGOs in Global Governance 66 Chapter 7. How NGOs Shape Global Governance 78 Chapter 8. NGOs, CSR, and Cross-Sector Partnerships 90 Chapter 9. Civic Space and Digital Rights 103 Chapter 10. Future Directions for NGOs and Global Civil Society 116 Chapter 11. Selected Global NGO Campaigns 127 Chapter 12. Conclusion 138

In the twenty-first century, our daily lives are shaped by forces and connections that transcend national borders. The goods we buy, the information we share, the climate we depend on, and the human rights we claim-none of these can be fully understood or protected within the boundaries of a single country. Yet even as states negotiate treaties and multinational corporations expand their reach, there is a third actor whose presence is equally critical but often less understood: civil society. This book, NGOs and Global Civil Society, is designed to help students, practitioners, and emerging leaders grasp why civil society matters in a world defined by globalization and governance challenges that no government or market can solve alone. At its heart lies a simple but powerful premise: when people organize voluntarily, they can transform societies, shift norms, and hold even the most powerful institutions to account. From the anti-slavery movements of the nineteenth century to modern environmental campaigns, human rights struggles, and digital activism, civil society has played a decisive role in expanding freedoms and creating spaces for democratic dialogue. NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) and community-based organizations (CBOs) have become central to this story. They lobby for new laws, deliver essential services where states fall short, expose corruption and injustice, and build bridges across cultures and borders. However, this influence is neither automatic nor uncontested. Civil society does not exist in a vacuum; it is embedded in complex webs of power, resources, technology, and politics. Over the past decades, NGOs have professionalized, scaled up, and globalized-securing consultative status at the United Nations, partnering with corporations to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and shaping global development agendas like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But this growth has brought new questions: Who speaks for whom? Who funds civil society-and on what terms? How do NGOs balance local legitimacy with global reach? How can they stay true to their mission while navigating partnerships with states and multinational corporations whose interests may not always align with those of the communities they serve? This book invites you to examine these questions critically and constructively. It begins by exploring how globalization has redefined political and economic life since World War II, tracing the rise of institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) that set the rules of global engagement. It then situates civil society within this system, showing how grassroots actors have responded to, shaped, and sometimes resisted the flows of capital, ideas, and power. We look at the historical evolution of NGOs-from the pioneering work of abolitionists and the birth of the International Committee of the Red Cross, to the proliferation of humanitarian aid and human rights networks in the aftermath of world wars and during the Cold War. We examine how digital technologies have transformed civic organizing, enabling transnational campaigns and real-time solidarity-but also giving rise to new forms of surveillance, disinformation, and censorship that threaten freedom of expression and democratic space. You will encounter key debates that animate the field today: How should NGOs relate to states? What role should they play in delivering public goods when governments fail? Should they collaborate with corporations through cross-sector partnerships, or does this risk co-optation and mission drift? How can civil society defend civic space and digital rights in an age of algorithmic governance and surveillance capitalism? Throughout these chapters, you will see that NGOs and global civil society are not static categories. They are dynamic, diverse, and sometimes contradictory. They include large international charities with multi-million-dollar budgets and neighborhood mutual aid groups run by volunteers. They include faith-based networks, environmental coalitions, feminist movements, Indigenous rights campaigns, youth climate strikers, and digital rights defenders. Their tactics range from direct service delivery to lobbying, litigation, mass mobilization, and online advocacy. This diversity is both a strength and a challenge. It means civil society can adapt and innovate in the face of crises-whether responding to pandemics, mobilizing around climate justice, or resisting authoritarian crackdowns. But it also means civil society is vulnerable to fragmentation, internal inequality, and external pressures that can weaken its transformative potential. The final chapters of this book look forward. They ask what new forms of funding, leadership, partnership, and technological literacy are needed to ensure that NGOs and CBOs remain resilient and relevant. They emphasize the importance of trust-based philanthropy, participatory governance, intergenerational leadership, and the “invisible infrastructure” of good governance, secure digital systems, and local accountability that keep civil society strong from within. Above all, this book challenges you to see yourself as part of this story. Whether you aspire to work in an NGO, shape policy, or simply be an engaged citizen, you have a stake in how civil society evolves. The debates in these pages are not abstract-they are about the real struggles that will define your generation: climate change, forced migration, global inequality, digital surveillance, democratic backsliding, and the search for new models of solidarity that transcend borders and divisions. By the end of your journey through these chapters, you will have the tools to analyze how global civil society functions, how it negotiates power, and how it can hold markets and states accountable. More importantly, you will be equipped to ask the next questions: What does it mean to be a global citizen? How can you contribute to strengthening civic space in your own community? And how might you help imagine, build, and defend a more just, peaceful, and sustainable global future? Welcome to the study of NGOs and Global Civil Society. Your questions-and your actions-start here.