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How do you explain the growing importance of multi-national corporations (MNCs) and civil society in contemporary international politics?

  • UPSC 2014
  • 20 marks
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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Globalisation has tied distant societies together and opened space for actors that are not states. MNCs command capital, technology and markets; global civil society (NGOs, advocacy networks, movements, professional bodies) commands information and legitimacy. Their rise marks a shift from the realist billiard-ball image towards John W. Burton's cobweb of cross-border transactions, but it is…

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  • Why they have grown
  • MNCs: power through economic resources
  • Civil society: power through information, status and communication
  • Limits and counter-trends
  • Conclusion
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