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Transnational Advocacy Networks (transnational + advocacy_network)
Selected AbstractsTransnational Advocacy Networks and Affirmative Action for Dalits in IndiaDEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE, Issue 2 2008Jens Lerche ABSTRACT In India, movements and parties representing the lowest ranking dalit caste groups have followed different strategies in their struggle against social, economic and cultural discrimination. In this article, a new dalit movement making use of a ,transnational advocacy network strategy' will be compared to a more ,classical'dalit political party. The main policy target for the new movement is an extension of existing affirmative action policies, while the dalit BSP party focuses more on emancipatory issues. Based on an analysis of the impacts of the BSP and of the new movement at the grassroots level, it is argued that the achievements of the new movement are tempered by the fact that in order to make use of international discourses and political pressure, the movement has had to develop a strategy and policy proposals compatible with existing mainstream neoliberal discourses. This depoliticizes the policies, and hence makes them of less importance strategically. It is argued that this is likely to be a difficulty for transnational advocacy networks in general. [source] The ,greening' of global project financing: the case of the Sakhalin-II offshore oil and gas projectTHE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHER/LE GEOGRAPHE CANADIEN, Issue 3 2007MIKE BRADSHAW This article responds to a plea for economic geographers to play greater attention to the world's resource peripheries. The article presents a detailed case study of oil and gas development offshore of Sakhalin in the Russian Far East. The study serves to illustrate the complexity of resource peripheries and to demonstrate how a critical approach to resource geographies aids economic geographic theorization of globalization. The case study focuses on how the ,greening' of global project financing has created a means by which environmental non-governmental organizations hold the international oil companies to account. The article describes the transnational advocacy network that has developed to protest against the Sakhalin-II project. The key issues are identified and the response of the operator, Sakhalin Energy, is considered. Finally, the recent actions of the Russian Government in relation to the environmental impacts of the Sakhalin-II project are examined. The article concludes by assessing the ways in which the Sakhalin case demonstrates the complex processes that construct resource peripheries and how such analyses contribute to the development of a truly global economic geography. Le ,verdissement' du financement de projets à l'échelle mondiale: Le cas du projet pétrolier et gazier en mer Sakhaline-2 Cet article plaide pour l'engagement des géographes économiques dans l'étude des régions ressources périphériques. L'article présente une étude de cas détaillée de l'exploitation des réserves de pétrole et de gaz au large de l'île russe de Sakhaline à l'extrémité Est de la Russie. L'étude a pour but d'illustrer la complexité des régions ressources périphériques et de démontrer comment une démarche critique dans le champ de la géographie des ressources contribue à la théorisation de la mondialisation en géographie économique. L'étude de cas porte sur la façon dont le , verdissement , du financement de projets à l'échelle mondiale a permis aux organismes environnementaux non gouvernementaux de demander des comptes aux sociétés pétrolières internationales. L'article présente un portrait du réseau transnational de défense mis sur pied dans le but de protester contre le projet énergétique Sakhaline-2. Les principaux enjeux sont abordés ainsi que la réponse apportée par l'opérateur du projet Sakhalin Energy. On termine par un examen des actions récentes menées par le gouvernement russe dans le dossier des impacts environnementaux du projet Sakhaline-2. Un bilan du cas de Sakhaline, présenté en conclusion, démontre les processus complexes par lesquels les régions ressources périphériques sont créées et comment de telles analyses sont une contribution au développement d'une géographie économique rayonnante à l'échelle mondiale. [source] Transnational Advocacy Networks and Affirmative Action for Dalits in IndiaDEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE, Issue 2 2008Jens Lerche ABSTRACT In India, movements and parties representing the lowest ranking dalit caste groups have followed different strategies in their struggle against social, economic and cultural discrimination. In this article, a new dalit movement making use of a ,transnational advocacy network strategy' will be compared to a more ,classical'dalit political party. The main policy target for the new movement is an extension of existing affirmative action policies, while the dalit BSP party focuses more on emancipatory issues. Based on an analysis of the impacts of the BSP and of the new movement at the grassroots level, it is argued that the achievements of the new movement are tempered by the fact that in order to make use of international discourses and political pressure, the movement has had to develop a strategy and policy proposals compatible with existing mainstream neoliberal discourses. This depoliticizes the policies, and hence makes them of less importance strategically. It is argued that this is likely to be a difficulty for transnational advocacy networks in general. [source] NGOs' transnational advocacy networks: from ,legitimacy' to ,political responsibility'?GLOBAL NETWORKS, Issue 4 2001Alan Hudson NGOs that operate as part of transnational advocacy networks face a number of ,legitimacy challenges' concerning their rights to participate in the shaping of global governance. Outlining the legitimacy claims that development NGOs make, the article argues that ,legitimacy' is a socially constructed quality that may be ascribed to an NGO by actors and stakeholders with different viewpoints. NGOs operating transnationally link disparate communities and conceptions of legitimacy, and undermine the discourse and practice of sovereignty. Therefore such NGOs will find it difficult to be universally regarded as legitimate, especially by states that hold a sovereignty-based conception of legitimacy. However, relationships are the building blocks of networks, and efforts to improve them should not be abandoned simply because ,legitimacy' is too closely connected with sovereignty. In particular, NGOs ought to improve their relationships with the poor and marginalized communities whose interests they claim to promote. To this end, the concept of ,political responsibility' is suggested as a pragmatic approach to understanding power relations as they arise in transnational advocacy networks and campaigns. [source] Transnational women's activism in Japan and Korea:the unresolved issue of military sexual slaveryGLOBAL NETWORKS, Issue 2 2001Nicola Piper This article is about the transnational links formed between the Korean and Japanese women,s movements in their campaign on behalf of the victims of ,military sexual slavery' during the Second World War. There is a growing literature that examines such networks. Yet, a deeper understanding of the emergence and activities of transnational advocacy networks is needed, particularly in the context of political opportunity structures. Social scientists who have developed the concept of political opportunity structures have, however, not provided a gender-specific analysis of these. Of particular interest is the exploration of the role played by gender in an international human rights discourse as a political opportunity structure for women's groups in Korea and Japan. This article, thus, explores the ways in which the feminist movements in Korea and Japan have made use of transnational legal means in politicizing and popularizing the issue of ,military sexual slavery' at both regional and global scales. [source] | ||||||||||