Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar Advocacy in Inteational Politics (NGOgraphies: Ethnographic Reflections on NGOs)
“by: Christopher L. Pallas (Editor, Contributor), Elizabeth A. Bloodgood(Editor, Contributor), Jan Aart Scholte(Afterword, Contributor), Marisa von Bülow(Foreword, Contributor),Susan Appe(Contributor),Supaa Chaudhry(Contributor), Karisa Cloward (Contributor), Andrew Heiss (Contributor), Laura A. Henry (Contributor), Lan Phuong Nguyen (Contributor), Maria Guadalupe Moog Rodrigues (Contributor), Jackie Smith (Contributor), Shana M. Starobin (Contributor), Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom (Contributor),Anders Uhlin (Contributor)&13more”

Publisher: University Alabama Press
Edition: First Edition, First

Publication Date: March 15, 2022

Language: English

Print Length: 264 pages

ISBN-10: 0817321144

ISBN-13: 9780817321147

Book Description

Essays that generate a new, empirically grounded theory of transnational advocacy   Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink introduced the boomerang theory in their 1998 book, Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in Inteational Politics. It remains one of the first broadly applicable theories for why groups of NGOs and interested individuals form transnational advocacy networks. Since its publication, however, the empirical conditions that prompted their theory have changed. The types of actors involved in transnational advocacy have diversified. Northe NGOs have lost power and influence and have been restricted in their access to southe states. Southe NGOs have developed the capacity to undertake advocacy on their own and often built closer relationships with their own govements. The architecture of global goveance has likewise changed, providing new avenues of access and influence for southe voices.   In Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar Advocacy in Inteational Politics, editors Christopher L. Pallas and Elizabeth A. Bloodgood offer cutting-edge scholarship that synthesizes a new theoretical framework to develop a coherent, integrated picture of the current dynamics in global advocacy. This new theory of transcalar advocacy focuses on advocacy activities and policy impacts that transcend different levels or scales of political action. In transcalar advocacy, all NGOs–northe and southe–are treated as strategic actors, choosing the targets, scales of advocacy, and partnerships that best suit their capacities and goals. The case studies in the volume develop the empirical grounding of this theory using data from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia, with several chapters featuring cross-national comparison. The chapters highlight the wide variety of actors involved in advocacy work, including NGOs, social movements, inteational institutions, govements, and businesses. Contributors use both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and bring to bear insights from political science, inteational relations, and sociology. The case studies also include diverse issue areas, from women’s rights to environmental protection, sustainable agriculture, health policy, and democracy promotion.
Essays that generate a new, empirically grounded theory of transnational advocacy   Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink introduced the boomerang theory in their 1998 book, Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in Inteational Politics. It remains one of the first broadly applicable theories for why groups of NGOs and interested individuals form transnational advocacy networks. Since its publication, however, the empirical conditions that prompted their theory have changed. The types of actors involved in transnational advocacy have diversified. Northe NGOs have lost power and influence and have been restricted in their access to southe states. Southe NGOs have developed the capacity to undertake advocacy on their own and often built closer relationships with their own govements. The architecture of global goveance has likewise changed, providing new avenues of access and influence for southe voices.   In Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar Advocacy in Inteational Politics, editors Christopher L. Pallas and Elizabeth A. Bloodgood offer cutting-edge scholarship that synthesizes a new theoretical framework to develop a coherent, integrated picture of the current dynamics in global advocacy. This new theory of transcalar advocacy focuses on advocacy activities and policy impacts that transcend different levels or scales of political action. In transcalar advocacy, all NGOs–northe and southe–are treated as strategic actors, choosing the targets, scales of advocacy, and partnerships that best suit their capacities and goals. The case studies in the volume develop the empirical grounding of this theory using data from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia, with several chapters featuring cross-national comparison. The chapters highlight the wide variety of actors involved in advocacy work, including NGOs, social movements, inteational institutions, govements, and businesses. Contributors use both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and bring to bear insights from political science, inteational relations, and sociology. The case studies also include diverse issue areas, from women’s rights to environmental protection, sustainable agriculture, health policy, and democracy promotion.   Read more