Ong, altermondialistes et société civile internationale

Abstract

This article analyses the role and place of one of the « antiglobalization » movement's components : NGOs. They often appear as a major force in the protest against neoliberal globalization. Names such as OXFAM, Médecins sans frontières, Médecins du monde, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Greenpeace, Comité catholique contre la faim et pour le développement (CCFD), are often associated with the « antiglobalization conglomeration ». The positioning of NGOs is neither neutral nor indifferent. Implicitly or explicitly, it is connected with an important issue : the representativity and legitimacy of antiglobalization protesters. But the compared analysis of the position taken by a few large international NGOs reveals important cleavages inside that world. © 2004 Presses de Sciences Po.