Helmut Anheier

Helmut Anheier is professor in the department of social policy at the London School of Economics, and co-editor of the <a href=http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-926655-7 target=_blank>Global Civil Societ

Poverty and activism: the heart of global civil society

The worldwide economic recession has focused attention on the problems of poverty and those who endure or are being pushed into it. The fact that - even before the onset

By Mary Kaldor, Marlies Glasius, Helmut Anheier, Ashwani Kumar, Jan Aart Scholte and Hakan Seckinelgin

/ 12 May 2009

Global civil society: the politics of a new world?

The first few months of 2003 witnessed a global popular mobilisation on a scale unprecedented in history. On 15 February 2003, some 11 million people demonstrated in approximately 800 cities

By Mary Kaldor, Marlies Glasius and Helmut Anheier

/ 15 Jan 2004