LOST" CAUSES

Why do some issues and threats diseases, weapons, human rights abuses, vulnerable populations get more global policy attention than others? How do global activist networks decide the particular causes for which they advocate among the many problems in need of solu tions? According to Charli Carpenter, the answer lies in the politics of global issue networks themselves. Building on surveys, focu s groups, and analyses of issue network websites, Carpenter concludes that network access has a direct relation to influence over ho w issues ...[Leer más]