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Sovereign Limits and Regional Opportunities for Global Civil Society in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Elisabeth Jay Friedman ,
Kathryn Hochstetler  and
Ann Marie Clark
Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Affiliation:
Barnard College, Columbia University
Kathryn Hochstetler
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Ann Marie Clark
Affiliation:
Purdue University
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In this article, we evaluate whether Latin American participation in international arenas reinforces traditional divides between state and society in global politics or transforms state-society relations in ways compatible with the concept of global civil society. We examine the participation and interaction of Latin American nongovernmental organizations and states at three recent United Nations conferences: the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights, and the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women. We conclude that Latin Americans are full participants in any emerging global civil society. Their experiences at the 1990s issue conferences closely track those of NGOs of the Northern Hemisphere, notwithstanding the much more recent appearance of NGOs in Latin America. At the same time, Latin Americans bring a regional sensibility to their participation in global processes that reflects recent political developments and debates in the region.

Type
Research Article
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , 2001 , pp. 7 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 by the University of Texas Press

Footnotes

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All authors contributed equally to the preparation of this article. We would like to thank Vania Brightman for research assistance. We also thank Amrita Basu, Martha Finnemore, and the anonymous LARR reviewers for their helpful comments while absolving them of responsibility for any remaining errors.

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