Civil Society in the Information Age

Peter I. Hajnal is a Research Associate, Trinity College, Research Associate, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada

Contents: Introduction, Peter I. Hajnal. NGOS and Civil Society Coalitions: Information and communication technologies and human rights advocacy: the case of Amnesty International, Joanne Lebert; Scientists and missile defence: organizing against a dangerous plan, John Spykerman; Oxfam International, Peter I. Hajnal; The working life of Southern NGOs: juggling the promise of information and communications technologies and the perils of relationships with international NGOs, Juris Dilevko; Essential partners: landmines-related NGOs and information technologies, Kenneth R. Rutherford; The power of global activist networks: the campaign for an international criminal court, William R. Pace and Rik Panganiban; AIDS, Médecins Sans Frontiéres, and access to essential medicines, James Orbinski. Civil society relationship with intergovernmental institutions: the United Nations and civil society, Barbara Adams; Thoughts on religious NGOs at the UN: a component of global civil society, Benjamin Rivlin; Expanding the trade debate: the role of information in WTO and civil society interaction, Heidi K. Ullrich; Citizen involvement in Canadian foreign policy: the summit of the Americas experience, Quebec City, April 2001, Marc Lortie and Sylvie Bédard; Civil society encounters the G7/G8, Peter I. Hajnal; Conclusion, Peter I. Hajnal; Electronic sources, Peter I. Hajnal and Gillian R. Clinton; Bibliography, Peter I. Hajnal and Gillian R. Clinton; Index.