ABSTRACT
Recent years have regularly seen the spotlight fall on civil society involvement in global governance – the environmental movement, the landmine campaign, the ‘anti-globalisation’ protests, etc. Since the 1980s, and especially since the mid-1990s, more and more business associations, labour movements, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), religious groups and think tanks have turned their attention to the ways that we are managing (or mismanaging) transworld issues. By now, most politicians and officials acknowledge – however eagerly or reluctantly – that civil society mobilisation in respect of global policies is here to stay for the foreseeable future.
