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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- part i Purpose and Method -- Chapter One Transnational Activism: Untested Assertions -- Chapter Two The Interwar Disarmament Campaign: A Test Case -- part ii Background to the Disarmament Campaign -- Chapter Three Roots, Precursors and Precedents -- Chapter Four Composition -- part iii Evolution of the Disarmament Campaign -- Chapter Five The Emergence of the Interwar Disarmament Movement, 1919 to 1925 -- Chapter Six The Preparatory Commission and the Development of Disarmament Activism, 1926 to 1930 -- part iv The World Disarmament Conference -- Chapter Seven Preparations for the World Disarmament Conference, 1931 -- Chapter Eight The World Disarmament Conference: The First Six Months, February to July 1932 -- Chapter Nine The International Consultative Group and the Collapse of the World Disarmament Conference, July 1932 to October 1933 -- part v Assessment-The Possibilities of Transnational Activism -- Chapter Ten Impact of the Disarmament Campaign -- Chapter Eleven Testing the Factors Affecting Impact -- Chapter Twelve Summary of Conclusions -- Appendices -- Appendix I The Principal Associations -- Appendix II The Principal Activists -- Appendix III Organisations that Participated in the Trocadéro Conference -- Appendix IV Organisations that Participated in the Interorganization Council on Disarmament -- Appendix V The Women's Disarmament Petition -- Appendix VI The 'Budapest' Resolution -- Bibliography -- Index.

In contrast to previous state-centric accounts, this article sheds new transnational light on the 1919 Paris peace settlement through its investigation of proposals for transnational associations' roles in the envisaged new world order. The popularity of some of these proposals, and their perceived potential to contribute towards a more democratic, legitimate and peaceful international order, stimulated their consideration during official negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference, and subsequent League of Nations practice was also perceived to have reflected some of the ideas put forward in the proposals. This article provides a typology of these proposals, and it critically evaluates the claims made with respect to their repercussions for democracy, legitimacy and peace. The article further elucidates how, despite their limitations, these proposals helped open up diplomacy to transnational associations both at the Paris Peace Conference and in the League of Nations era.

The years immediately preceding the First World War witnessed the development of a significant body of literature claiming to establish a 'science of internationalism'. This article draws attention to the importance of this literature, especially in relation to understanding the roles of non-governmental organizations in world politics. It elaborates the ways in which this literature sheds light on issues that have become central to 21st-century debates, including the characteristics, influence and legitimacy of non-governmental organizations in international relations. Among the principal authors discussed in the article are Paul Otlet, Henri La Fontaine and Alfred Fried, whose role in the development of international theory has previously received insufficient attention. The article concludes with an evaluation of potential lessons to be drawn from the experience of the early 20th-century 'science of internationalism'.

The years immediately preceding the First World War witnessed the development of a significant body of literature claiming to establish a 'science of internationalism'. This article draws attention to the importance of this literature, especially in relation to understanding the roles of non-governmental organizations in world politics. It elaborates the ways in which this literature sheds light on issues that have become central to 21st-century debates, including the characteristics, influence and legitimacy of non-governmental organizations in international relations. Among the principal authors discussed in the article are Paul Otlet, Henri La Fontaine and Alfred Fried, whose role in the development of international theory has previously received insufficient attention. The article concludes with an evaluation of potential lessons to be drawn from the experience of the early 20th-century 'science of internationalism'.

Robert Owen, the early nineteenth-century social reformer, made a greatly more significant contribution to the theory and practice of International Relations than has hitherto been assumed. This article shows how Owen helped to develop an understudied but distinctive form of internationalist thought focusing on the role of education in the pursuit of peace. Owen's previously neglected contributions to human rights norms and to international organisation are also explored, including his promotion of universal rather than nationally-oriented human rights standards, his role in the nascent movement towards the formation of international non-governmental organisations, and his contribution to international federalist ideas. Following an introduction to Owen's place in the literature, this article discusses each of these contributions of Owen to the theory and practice of International Relations in turn. The analysis reveals that Owen's contributions in each of these aspects are as significant for their limitations as for their insights. Adapted from the source document.

AbstractRobert Owen, the early nineteenth-century social reformer, made a greatly more significant contribution to the theory and practice of International Relations than has hitherto been assumed. This article shows how Owen helped to develop an understudied but distinctive form of internationalist thought focusing on the role of education in the pursuit of peace. Owen's previously neglected contributions to human rights norms and to international organisation are also explored, including his promotion of universal rather than nationally-oriented human rights standards, his role in the nascent movement towards the formation of international non-governmental organisations, and his contribution to international federalist ideas. Following an introduction to Owen's place in the literature, this article discusses each of these contributions of Owen to the theory and practice of International Relations in turn. The analysis reveals that Owen's contributions in each of these aspects are as significant for their limitations as for their insights.

Review essay on books by (1) Paul J. Nelson & Ellen Dorsey, New Rights Advocacy: Changing Strategies of Development and Human Rights NGOs (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2008) & (2) Jonathan Graudbart, Legalizing Transnational Activism: The Struggle to Gain Social Change from NAFTA's Citizen Petitions (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008).