| ID | 167430 |
| Title Proper | Means of the Marginalized |
| Other Title Information | Embedded Transnational Advocacy Networks and the Transformation of Neoliberal Global Governance |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ciplet, David |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Recent scholarship presents conflicting views on the ability of grassroots movements to resist neoliberal globalization. This article moves beyond this broad debate. It explores the specific challenges and opportunities faced by networks of the marginalized, and their allies, as they attempt to transform neoliberal global governance. The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, a transnational advocacy network of informal recyclers and their allies, sought to influence the practices of the Clean Development Mechanism between 2009 and 2015. I assess their efforts via a “historical dialectic” framework that bridges neo-Gramscian theory with liberal constructivist scholarship. It differentiates between more and less “embedded” networks, categorizes distinct forms of policy change, and helps us to understand the factors that contribute to more or less transformative policy gains. I identify four distinct forms of policy: transformative, concessional, problem-solving, and maintenance. I argue that the network gained mostly concessional, rather than transformative, changes. My analysis suggests that concessional gains are likely in contexts in which embedded advocacy networks effectively combine discursive and institutional forms of leverage but fail to mobilize political leverage in the form of a powerful “counterhegemonic bloc.” |
| `In' analytical Note | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 63, No.2; Jun 2019: p. 296–309 |
| Journal Source | International Studies Quarterly Vol: 63 No 2 |
| Key Words | Transnational Advocacy Networks ; Transformation of Neoliberal Global Governance |