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Focuses on the establishment of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines organizations for the mobilization of nongovernmental organizations and governments. History of arms control and movement to ban antipersonnel landmines; Characterization of landmines as indiscriminate; Success of the movement to ban antipersonnel landmines.

Presents a comparative case study of the protest against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and the campaign to ban landmines in an effort to examine the implications of a global civil society and the World Wide Web for nongovernmental organization (NGO) activity in the contemporary era. Examination of the campaigns against MAI and landmines; Role of NGO in globalization.