SOCIOL 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Civil Society, Global Governance
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United nations is not just about countries" power. U. n. staff consist of administrators and experts that play a very influential role: Support world leaders in developing the agenda for meetings held at u. n. and providing expertise. Often implement u. n. decisions on the ground: Staff of specialized u. n. agencies (such as unicef) provide services to needy populations around the world. Finally, a third layer of the u. n. consists in all the partnerships that it has with other international organizations and actors. Around 4,000 ngos currently have official relationships with the united. Citizen activity in the public sphere that is not part of the state. Ngos (non-governmental organizations): organizations that are not part of the state but not part of business either also called non-profits . Social movements: networks of individuals and organizations engaging in sustained collective efforts to challenge existing governance and produce social change. Growth in transnational social movements (tsms) (discussed in smith reading for today)
