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<p>Studying the inclusion of civil society in international organizations has grown in the last decade. This article repatriates the ongoing scholarly discussions of this inclusion within organizational sociology to answer what the nature of civil society is as an organization at the United Nations. With “temporary organizations” it proposes a relational perspective whereby civil society’s temporariness induces mechanisms of exclusion and vice-versa. In practice civil society actors counter exclusion mechanisms by holding on to their autonomy.</p>
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Studying the inclusion of civil society in international organizations has grown in the last decade. This article repatriates the ongoing scholarly discussions of this inclusion within organizational sociology to answer what the nature of civil society is as an organization at the United Nations. With “temporary organizations” it proposes a relational perspective whereby civil society’s temporariness induces mechanisms of exclusion and vice-versa. In practice civil society actors counter exclusion mechanisms by holding on to their autonomy.

Civil Society at the United Nations Through the Lens of Organizational Sociology: Exclusion and Temporariness

NY, associate researcher at the University of Geneva

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Studying the inclusion of civil society in international organizations has grown in the last decade. This article repatriates the ongoing scholarly discussions...

Civil Society at the United Nations Through the Lens of Organizational Sociology: Exclusion and Temporariness

Publié en ligne: 03 mars 2023

Pages: 61 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0005

Mots clés
Inclusion, exclusion, civil society, United Nations, temporary organization

© 2023 Leah R. Kimber, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Civil Society at the United Nations Through the Lens of Organizational Sociology: Exclusion and Temporariness

Publié en ligne: 03 mars 2023

Pages: 61 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0005

Mots clésInclusion, exclusion, civil society, United Nations, temporary organization

© 2023 Leah R. Kimber, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Inclusion, exclusion, civil society, United Nations, temporary organization