Social production of representations of ideas of civil society: The role of transnational networks of local and global actors

Abstract

In this era of globalization, the social production of social representations of ideas of civil society is related to processes that involve the participation both of local and/or national actors as well as of transnational actors. In an effort to understand how these processes occur, in this article I analyze the practices of multilateral banks, non-governmental agencies, and governmental, intergovernmental and para-governmental agencies from the United States and several European countries. I also analyze the practices of some local and national actors from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela.