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The impact of individuals in world politics has been a subject of interest to those working in the fields of International Relations (IR), public policy, and political theory. The term transnational or global civil society is used to articulate a global political space where individuals attempt to form transnational organizations and debate political issues outside the operation of states and the market. The terms global civil society and transnational civil society are often used interchangeably, although the term transnational suggests a more modest conception of this political activity which acknowledges that these political debates are not always universal or comprehensive. As such, the term focuses upon questions of public debate, political activism, and the operation of non-state actors such as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), social movements, and religious groups which try to influence public opinion and thus publically...
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Slaughter, S. (2017). Global Civil Society or Networked Globality. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1261-1
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