Beyond Good Intentions: Responsible and Effective Advocacy in the Digital Age

Three important new books explore events like these and the dynamics of transnational advocacy and humanitarianism in the Internet age. In these three books, several crosscutting themes about transnational advocacy emerge. One is the locus of advocacy and what role international actors can and should play in supporting local actors on the ground. A second theme that the books tackle is the relative place of norms and treaties as the vehicle for achieving change in the world, as well as other forms of action such as entrepreneurial service provision. A final theme that comes through is the role played by technological change in facilitating the extraterritorial reach of transnational advocates and humanitarians.