The appearance of global civil society before the appearance of a global
state and a global rule of law in eVect reverses the sequence of civic development
in the West. Global civic organizations do not have a single, clear object
whose power they are attempting to limit and from whom they are demanding
a sphere of legal protection. Civil society is decentered without a clear
other to give it a contrasting boundary. The boundary problem is both
external and internal. Not only is there no state as counterpart, but there
appears to be no society as well. Even defenders of global civil society note
that ‘‘the weakness of social bonds transcending nation, race, and gender’’
make talk of global civil society somewhat premature (Falk 1999, 136). This in
itself does not render the concept meaningless, nor does it mean that global
civil society is powerless. What it does mean is that it is an extremely
amorphous concept that is often normatively over-burdened. Despite encouraging
us to think outside the nation state box, global civil society still
cannot do without the state and the nation state at that. The vast majority of
organizations, associations, and movements that make up global civil society
have their homes and headquarters in countries that oVer them the protection
and predictability of an established liberal legal order
The appearance of global civil society before the appearance of a globalstate and a global rule of law in eVect reverses the sequence of civic developmentin the West. Global civic organizations do not have a single, clear objectwhose power they are attempting to limit and from whom they are demandinga sphere of legal protection. Civil society is decentered without a clearother to give it a contrasting boundary. The boundary problem is bothexternal and internal. Not only is there no state as counterpart, but thereappears to be no society as well. Even defenders of global civil society notethat ‘‘the weakness of social bonds transcending nation, race, and gender’’make talk of global civil society somewhat premature (Falk 1999, 136). This initself does not render the concept meaningless, nor does it mean that globalcivil society is powerless. What it does mean is that it is an extremelyamorphous concept that is often normatively over-burdened. Despite encouragingus to think outside the nation state box, global civil society stillcannot do without the state and the nation state at that. The vast majority oforganizations, associations, and movements that make up global civil societyhave their homes and headquarters in countries that oVer them the protectionand predictability of an established liberal legal order
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