Reconstituting the Global Public Domain: Issues, Actors, and Practices
Author(s)
Ruggie, John Gerard
Abstract
This article draws attention to a fundamental reconstitution of the global public domain. One concrete instance of this transformation is the growing significance of global corporate social responsibility initiatives triggered by the dynamic interplay between civil society actors and multinational corporations. The UN Global Compact and corporate involvement in HIV/AIDS treatment programs are discussed as examples. The analytical parameters of the emerging global public domain are defined and some of its consequences illustrated by the chain of responses to the Bush Administration’s rejection of the Kyoto Protocol by a variety of domestic and transnational social actors.
