Fields of Expertise
Biography
Dr Thomas Davies specializes in the evolution of international non-governmental organizations. He is the author of NGOs: A New History of Transnational Civil Society (London: Hurst, December 2013; and New York: OUP, November 2014) and The Possibilities of Transnational Activism: The Campaign for Disarmament between the Two World Wars (Leiden and Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2007). He was educated at Magdalen College Oxford and is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at City University London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Bibliography
Books
NGOs: A New History of Transnational Civil Society (London: Hurst, Dec. 2013; New York: OUP, Nov. 2014)
The Possibilities of Transnational Activism: The Campaign for Disarmament between the Two World Wars (Leiden and Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2007)
Articles
'The failure of strategic nonviolent action in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya and Syria: "political ju-jitsu" in reverse', Global Change, Peace and Security, 2014 online
‘Educational internationalism, universal human rights, and international organisation: International Relations in the thought and practice of Robert Owen’, Review of International Studies, 40:4 (2014), pp. 729-751
(with Alejandro M. Pena) ‘Globalisation from Above? Corporate Social Responsibility, the Workers’ Party and the Origins of the World Social Forum’, New Political Economy, 19:2 (2014), pp. 258-281
‘NGOs: A Long and Turbulent History’, Global: The Global Journal, 15 (January 2013)
‘International Non-Governmental Organizations, Global Governance and Democracy beyond the State: The “Great Experiment” of the League of Nations Era’, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organisations, 18:4 (October-December 2012), pp. 405-423
‘The Transformation of International NGOs and Their Impact on Development Aid’, International Development Policy, 3 (2012), pp. 48-59
‘La transformation des ONG internationales et leurs effets sur l’aide au développement’, Revue internationale de politique de développement, 3 (2012)
‘Internationalism in a Divided World: The Experience of the International Federation of League of Nations Societies, 1919-1939’, Peace & Change, 37:2 (2012), pp. 227-252
‘New Directions in Transnational Activism: Non-Governmental Organizations and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights’, International Studies Review, 11:3 (2009)
‘France and the World Disarmament Conference of 1932-34’, Diplomacy and Statecraft, 15:4, (2004), pp. 765-780
Book chapters
‘Governing Communications’, in David Williams and Sophie Harman (eds), Governing the World: The Practice of Global Governance (Abingdon: Routledge, 2013).
‘International Veterans’ Organizations and the Promotion of Disarmament between the Two World Wars’ in Julia Eichenberg & John Paul Newman (eds), The Great War and Veterans’ Internationalism (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2013).
‘The Rise and Fall of Transnational Civil Society: The Evolution of International Non-Governmental Organizations since 1839’, in Luc Reydams (ed.), The Global Activism Reader (New York: Continuum, 2011).
‘Researching Transnational History: The Example of Peace Activism’, in Bob Reinalda (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Non-State Actors (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011).
‘Civil Society: Early and Mid Twentieth Century,’ in H. Anheier and S. Toepler (eds), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (New York: Springer, 2010).
‘Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’ in H. Anheier and S. Toepler (eds), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (New York: Springer, 2010).
‘World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union,’ in H. Anheier and S. Toepler (eds), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (New York: Springer, 2010).
‘Transnational Civil Society: Past, Present, Future,’ in Dmitry V. Katsy & Houman A. Sadri (eds), Trends, Prospects and Challenges of Globalization (Saint Petersburg State University Press, 2009).
‘Non-violence,’ in Akira Iriya and Pierre-Yves Saunier (eds), The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).