Development Policy & Practice in Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology

Clive Gabay

Contact information: c.b.a.gabay@open.ac.uk

Title of Research: The Multiple Ontologies of ‘The Global Justice Movement’: The case of the Global Call to Action against Poverty

Supervisors: Helen Yanacopulos and Giles Mohan

Research Areas: Post structuralist social theory; Radical political theory; Social movements and networks; Power; Cosmopolitan ethics; Development NGOs and the State

CV/Resume:
MA in Imperialism and Post Colonial Societies from Birkbeck College, University of London, BA in Politics from University of Leicester.

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

  • Berry, C and Gabay, C (2009), ‘Transnational political action and ‘global civil society’ in practice: the case of Oxfam’, Global Networks, Vol. 9, No.3
  • Gabay, C (2008) 'Anarcho Cosmopolitanism: The universalisation of the equal exchange', Global Society, Vol. 22, No. 2

Editorially-reviewed book chapters

  • Gabay, C (2010) ‘De-naming the beast: the multiple publicities of the Global Call to Action against Poverty’ in Barnett, C. Mahony, N. and Newman, J (eds) Rethinking the public: Innovations in Research, Theory and Policy, Polity Press
  • Gabay, C. (2009) ‘Anarchy, Decentralisation and Autonomy at the Seattle anti-WTO protests’, in Jun, N (ed) New Perspectives on Anarchism, Lexington Books.

Recent conference presentations:

  • Feb 2009: Invited by the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, University of California, to present a paper at the International Studies Association Convention 2009 – ‘The Millennium Development Goals and ‘Social Justice’ NGOs: A case study of the Global Call to Action against Poverty in Malawi’ – due to be included in a special issue of Globalizations, in 2011.

Languages: English