Civil society remains a contested concept, but one that is widely embedded in global
development processes. Transnationalism within civil society scholarship is often described …

Civil society strengthening programs aim to foster democratic governance by supporting civil
society organization (CSO) engagement in advocacy. However, critics claim that these …

The politicisation of recent European Union (EU) trade negotiations such as the
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership or the Comprehensive and Economic Trade …

This debate piece explores the possible consequences for Nigeria in the event that she
signs up to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) …

This chapter examines critical civil society scholarship with particular attention to research
that originates or is focused on countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central and South …

In 1997, members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) adopted a Charter of Civil
Society for the Caribbean Community (The Charter) in response to recommendations from …

Interorganizational collaboration is defined by Phillips, Lawrence and Hardy (2000) as “a co-
operative relationship among organizations that relies on neither market nor hierarchical …

In 2018 we decided to propose this special issue of the Journal of Eastern Caribbean
Studies (JECS) in the hope of expanding the very limited pool of knowledge about …

Regional integration has been used as a strategy to overcome capacity challenges and
pursue more effective governance in the Caribbean, which is characterized by many small …

Bilateral and regional free trade agreements increasingly substitute for the World Trade
Organization in trade negotiations. Accordingly, civil society organisations opposed to trade …