ABSTRACT
Although some scholars have predicted greater power for new agencies of international governance (Young 1997), many others see the new world of transnational politics in more contentious, social-movement terms (Guidry et al 2001). Some boldly foresee global social movements reaching across transnational space to contest multilateral economic institutions (O'Brien et al 2000), creating something resembling a "global civil society" (Wapner 1996) or bringing into existence a "world polity" (Boli & Thomas 1999). Others, more cautious but still predicting major challenges to the world of states, see "transnational activist networks" representing the interests of resource-poor actors (Keck & Sikkink 1998). Still others see combinations of governmental and nongovernmental, state and international actors intersecting (Risse 2000).
