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DESCRIPTION:Christopher Pallas\,&nbsp\;Assistant\nProfessor of Conflict Man
 agement\, Kennesaw State UniversityUndemocratic\nActivism? Transnational C
 ivil Society\, the World\nBank\, and the Democratization of Global Governa
 nceFor\nmuch of the past 20 years\, scholars and practitioners have argued
  that\ntransnational civil society organizations (CSOs) can act to remedy 
 power\nimbalances within global governance. They have argued that the UN a
 nd the World\nBank privilege the interests of the Northern societies over 
 those in the global\nSouth\, who are marginalized in the decision-making p
 rocesses and also\ndisproportionately impacted by the resulting policy. Ho
 wever\, new research is\nshowing that civil society itself is divided by d
 isparities in power and\nresources between CSOs.Drawing\non evidence from 
 civil society engagement with the World Bank\, Dr. Pallas will\nshow how C
 SO advocacy is heavily influenced by the pre-existing views of\nprofession
 al activists and the financial incentives created by their donors\,\nand h
 ow CSOs exploit State power in advancing their policy agendas.Christopher\
 nPallas is Assistant Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State\nU
 niversity. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics\, where he w
 as a\nmember of the Centre for Civil Society. His research integrates issu
 es of civil\nsociety\, democracy\, and global governance\, examining how N
 GO advocacy impacts\nthe representation of low- and middle-income country 
 populations in\ninternational policy making.&nbsp\;Sponsored by the Transn
 ational NGO Initiative at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs    
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SUMMARY:TNGO presents: Christopher Pallas
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p></p><p><b>Christopher Pallas</b>\,&n
 bsp\;<i>Assistant\nProfessor of Conflict Management\, Kennesaw State Unive
 rsity</i></p><p><b>Undemocratic\nActivism? Transnational Civil Society\, t
 he World\nBank\, and the Democratization of Global Governance</b></p><p>Fo
 r\nmuch of the past 20 years\, scholars and practitioners have argued that
 \ntransnational civil society organizations (CSOs) can act to remedy power
 \nimbalances within global governance. They have argued that the UN and th
 e World\nBank privilege the interests of the Northern societies over those
  in the global\nSouth\, who are marginalized in the decision-making proces
 ses and also\ndisproportionately impacted by the resulting policy. However
 \, new research is\nshowing that civil society itself is divided by dispar
 ities in power and\nresources between CSOs.</p><p>Drawing\non evidence fro
 m civil society engagement with the World Bank\, Dr. Pallas will\nshow how
  CSO advocacy is heavily influenced by the pre-existing views of\nprofessi
 onal activists and the financial incentives created by their donors\,\nand
  how CSOs exploit State power in advancing their policy agendas.</p><p>Chr
 istopher\nPallas is Assistant Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw
  State\nUniversity. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics\, w
 here he was a\nmember of the Centre for Civil Society. His research integr
 ates issues of civil\nsociety\, democracy\, and global governance\, examin
 ing how NGO advocacy impacts\nthe representation of low- and middle-income
  country populations in\ninternational policy making.&nbsp\;</p><p><b><i>S
 ponsored by the Transnational NGO Initiative at the Moynihan Institute of 
 Global Affairs</i></b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p>
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