Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Who governs the globe?
- Part I Authority dynamics and new governors
- Part II Authority dynamics and governance outcomes
- 7 Packing heat: pro-gun groups and the governance of small arms
- 8 Governing the global agenda: “gatekeepers” and “issue adoption” in transnational advocacy networks
- 9 Outsourcing authority: how project contracts transform global governance networks
- 10 When “doing good” does not: the IMF and the Millennium Development Goals
- 11 The power of norms; the norms of power: who governs international electrical and electronic technology?
- 12 “Education for all” and the global governors
- 13 Conclusion: authority, legitimacy, and accountability in global politics
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
7 - Packing heat: pro-gun groups and the governance of small arms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Who governs the globe?
- Part I Authority dynamics and new governors
- Part II Authority dynamics and governance outcomes
- 7 Packing heat: pro-gun groups and the governance of small arms
- 8 Governing the global agenda: “gatekeepers” and “issue adoption” in transnational advocacy networks
- 9 Outsourcing authority: how project contracts transform global governance networks
- 10 When “doing good” does not: the IMF and the Millennium Development Goals
- 11 The power of norms; the norms of power: who governs international electrical and electronic technology?
- 12 “Education for all” and the global governors
- 13 Conclusion: authority, legitimacy, and accountability in global politics
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Summary
International relations scholars now recognize the important, if limited, influence of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and transnational advocacy networks (TANs) in global governance. Yet even as we have expanded our vision of “global governors” (defined in this volume as “authorities who exercise power across borders for purposes of affecting policy”) and potential governors who seek such authority, we have done so with a kind of tunnel vision. Most of the literature analyzes only groups promoting human rights, the environment, women's rights, sustainable development, and global justice. Yet as the activists involved with these organizations well know, they do not act unopposed, and states are not their only foes. Rather, on a host of international issues, NGOs and TANs with conflicting values, ideologies, and policy ideas contend against one another.
Recognizing the contentious nature of transnational politics places key governance activities in a new light. The argument here is that in any issue area in which there is serious political conflict, it is not enough for analysts simply to examine those groups promoting new policies. There is often a temptation to do so because, superficially, at least, these actors appear to be moving debate forward. On the other hand, if analysts take a broader view, they will typically find that such “change agents” do not act alone. Often opponents will mobilize too and dog policy proponents at every stage of the process. In these dynamic situations, “policymaking” is in some ways a misnomer.
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- Who Governs the Globe? , pp. 183 - 201Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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