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Civil society and financial markets : what is not happening and why

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Scholte, Jan Aart (2013) Civil society and financial markets : what is not happening and why. Journal of Civil Society, Volume 9 (Number 2). pp. 129-147. doi:10.1080/17448689.2013.788925

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Abstract

Why have commercial financial flows – as a major force in contemporary society with a number of significant problematic consequences – attracted relatively little effective public-interest response from civil society? Change-oriented NGOs, labour unions, faith-based organisations and other social movements have mostly remained in the shadows vis-à-vis private financial markets. Impacts from these citizen associations have not gone beyond promoting modest rises in public awareness, certain limited policy shifts, and minor institutional reforms of a few public governance agencies. The reasons for these scant achievements are partly related to capacities and practices in civil society groups, relevant governance agencies, and financial firms. Also important in constraining civil society impacts to reform and transform contemporary financial markets are deeper structural circumstances such as embedded social hierarchies (among countries, classes, etc.), the pivotal role of finance capital in accumulation processes today, and the entrenchment of prevailing neoliberal policy discourses.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HG Finance
J Political Science > JC Political theory
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Civil society, Finance, Corporate governance, Neoliberalism, Non-governmental organizations, Social movements
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Civil Society
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1744-8689
Official Date: April 2013
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April 2013Published
Date of first compliant deposit: 24 December 2015
Volume: Volume 9
Number: Number 2
Page Range: pp. 129-147
DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2013.788925
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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Essay for the Project ‘Citizens vs. Markets’, Centre for Social Investment, University of Heidelberg

Funder: Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research (Duisburg)

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