CIVIL SOCIETY AT WORK
The unresolved professionalism of transnational action
Under the direction of Philippe ALDRIN and Nathalie FERRÉ
Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille - Rights, Powers & Societies" collection - 2022
Over the last thirty years, we have seen the emergence of a new division of international labour, forcing us to adopt a new approach. aggiornamento frameworks for analysing public action across borders. After the end of the Cold War, the desire to tame global disorder led to an increase in the role and level of intervention of inter-state organisations, first and foremost the United Nations and the European Union, which were then looking for operational relays for their action. Thanks to their non-governmental, associative and transnational status, "civil society organisations" (CSOs) have emerged as structures capable of acting as both intermediaries and field agents for policies aimed primarily at the countries of the South.
At both international and local level, CSOs have undergone a continuous process of professionalisation and managerialisation that concerns their relations with public donors, their advocacy strategies and, of course, the implementation of their actions on the ground. However, this professionalisation is paradoxical in the sense that, in order to stay in the game, CSOs must remain true to the associative referent (carrying the will of the people) and never completely fall into either the administrative referent (serving the State) or the entrepreneurial referent (increasing profits).
Through comparative studies and case studies focusing on players and practices down to earth the world of transnational action, this book explores the ambiguities of this unresolved professionalism.
CONTENTS
CIVIL SOCIETY AT WORK
The unresolved professionalism of transnational action
Under the direction of Philippe ALDRIN and Nathalie FERRÉ
Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille
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2022
INTRODUCTION
The resistible professionalisation of the third sector of transnational public action - Philippe ALDRIN and Nathalie FERRÉ
PART ONE / GENESIS AND CIRCULATION OF TRANSNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS
Introduction to the first part
- Civil society as a travelling idea - Aron BUZOGÁNY
Chinese-style participation
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Neo-Maoism, "civil society" and foreign policy - Bertram LANG
"Score a goal for democracy!"
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The commercialisation and control of "civil society" in Jordan - Benjamin SCHUETZE and Delphine WEIL-ACCARDO
The European Union and the creation of civil society
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Pre-accession and 'civil society' support programmes in Turkey - Claire VISIER
The OSCE or the institutionalisation of a diplomatic model for societies
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Institutional stories, from Pr
Prague Spring to the Arab Spring - Nicolas BADALASSI
SECOND PART / NORMALISATION THWARTED? CAREER PATHS AND THE DIVISION OF TRANSNATIONAL LABOUR
Introduction to the second part
- Civil society as a professional world - Nicolas HUBÉ
External resources... to exist internally?
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Dynamics of the extroversion strategies of the Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights (1976-2019) - Amine BEN MAMI
Partners... subject to conditions
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Donors and operators providing aid to orphans in Uganda - Franziska SATZINGER
General interest" journalists or players in international action?
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Practical hybridities and professional mythologies of Tunisian new media - Simon MANGON
Aid for refugees in small German towns
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Civil society involvement for, with or against the State? - Annette JÜNEMANN
Deconfining wrestling through international arenas
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Taking action against global warming in Cameroon - Théophile NCHARE NOM
CONCLUSION
Civil society: a counterweight or an arm of the state? - Jay ROWELL
