Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- i: OVERVIEW AND THEORY -- 1 The Globalization of Civil Society -- 2 Approaching Global Civil Society -- ii: CASE STUDIES -- 3 The Conference of NGOs (CONGO): The Story of Strengthening Civil Society Engagement with the United Nations -- 4 Amplifying Voices from the Global South: Globalizing Civil Society -- 5 Facilitating NGO Participation: An Assessment of Canadian Government-Sponsored Mechanisms for the Copenhagen Summit for Social Development and the Beijing Conference on Women -- 6 The Arab NGO Network for Development: A Case Study on Interaction between Emerging Regional Networking and Global Civil Society -- 7 A Case of NGO Participation: International Criminal Court Negotiations -- 8 Influencing the IMF -- 9 Civil Society, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict Prevention -- 10 The FIM G8 Project, 2002-2006: A Case Analysis of a Project to Initiate Civil Society Engagement with the G8 -- iii: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS -- 11 Laying the Groundwork: Considerations for a Charter for a Proposed Global Civil Society Forum -- 12 Looking to the Future: A Global Civil Society Forum? -- 13 Democratizing Global Governance: Achieving Goals while Aspiring to Free and Equal Communication -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.