\aBringing Global Governance Home : \b NGO Mediation in the BRICS States / \c Laura A. Henry and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom
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\aNew York : \b Oxford University Press, \c 2021
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\axii, 289 pages : \b illustrations ; \c 24 cm.
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\aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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\aIntroduction : Bringing global governance home -- 1. Theorizing NGO mediation in global governance -- 2. The BRICS in global governance -- 3. The UNFCCC : Climates for NGO mediation in China and Russia -- 4. The Global Fund: Combatting HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Russia -- 5. The forest stewardship council : Private governance in Brazil and Russia -- 6. The UN global compact : Corporate social responsibility in India and Russia
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\a"This work identifies and explains significant variation in the extent and forms of NGO engagement with global governance institutions and how effective NGOs are in bringing the norms and policy recommendations from the global level to domestic arenas. We combine insights from international relations with the lens of comparative politics to understand NGO participation and mediation. We argue that "going global" in whatever form creates some common challenges for NGOs. If they go global to expand their influence - whether through funding, information, or stricter standards - they become caught between two institutional frameworks and sets of norms. There are challenges inherent to that multi-level activism regardless of the particular form of participation. At the same time, the specific nature of the challenges faced by NGOs depends on domestic political arrangements"--\cProvided by publisher.