Civil society groups as actors in world politics - are they important? the international campaign to ban landmines and the coalition for the International Criminal Court.

Abstract

Examine the role of civil society groups in the negotiation and conclusion of the Convention Banning Anti-Personnel Mines, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, so as to assess their importance as actors in world politics. Examine whether they can be seen as militating towards the creation of counter-hegemony or an alternative world order.