Global Civil Society 2011: Globality and the Absence of Justice

Inspired by the globality of justice concerns in the twenty-first century, Global Civil Society 2011 focuses on how civil society actors around the world are framing, contesting and promoting ideas about justice, as well as their strategies to tackle the myriad injustices people face. It identifies an important shift in the globalisation of concerns about justice - citizens may claim benefits from the nation state, but increasingly groups interacting globally are collectivising a sense of injustice. In this way global civil society has created and expanded new spaces to reinstall justice as inspiration and arbiter of laws. Combining activist and academic accounts of contemporary struggles, this yearbook provides critical insight into how civil society is remaking justice in a global arena, beyond the confines of the nation state.

Martin Albro, is Senior Visiting Fellow at LSE Global Governance, UK
Hakan Seckinelgin is Senior Lecturer in International Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy, LSE and at LSE Global Governance, UK.
Helmut Anheier is Dean and Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany. He is Academic Director of the Centre for Social Investment and Chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University, Germany.
Marlies Glas is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance at LSE and Co-director of LSE Global Governance, UK.
Gil Sung Park is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Social Research, Korea University.
Chandan Sengupt is Professor of Development Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India.