ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Transnational social movements are defined as movements wherein members in at least two nations cooperatively engage in efforts to promote or resist change beyond the bounds of their nation. Over the last 20 years, research on transnational social movements has proliferated in tandem with rapid globalization.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, the global alliance to protect tropical forests, the common fight against poverty, and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Transnational advocacy networks are very difficult to form, but the formation of networks on a particular subject gives high value.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prominent examples of transnational social movements include the antiglobalization movement and the movement against genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Detailed explanation-4: -Transnational advocacy networks, as with other actors and global civil society more broadly, shape international norms such as sustainable development, human rights, humane security and economic policies.