Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global GovernanceWolfgang H. Reinicke, Francis Mading Deng, Jan Martin Witte, International Development Research Centre (Canada) IDRC, 2000 - 141 pages The new global environment requires new approaches, new ideas and innovative tools to address new challenges in areas as different as weapons control, climate change, genetic engineering, and labor standards. Critical Choices looks at one such tool: global public policy networks. In these networks, governments, international organizations, the corporate sector and civil society join together to achieve what none can accomplish on its own. The authors explore both the promises and the limitations of this new form of global cooperation. They discuss how such networks might contribute to better manage the risks and make use of the opportunities that globalization presents. Finally, they offer provocative advice and solid recommendations on how the United Nations can foster such networks in the years ahead. |
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... areas as diverse as financial regulation and environmental management . Whereas agenda- setting often can be accomplished by a relatively few dedicated individuals , the complexity of negotiating and setting standards , EXECUTIVE ...
... areas as diverse as financial regulation and environmental management . Whereas agenda- setting often can be accomplished by a relatively few dedicated individuals , the complexity of negotiating and setting standards , EXECUTIVE ...
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... area of environmental protection . Much of what networks accomplish through these five functions can be thought of as products in some sense - sounder standards , better information , more complete markets . But networks also improve ...
... area of environmental protection . Much of what networks accomplish through these five functions can be thought of as products in some sense - sounder standards , better information , more complete markets . But networks also improve ...
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... areas of responsibility . By acting as a facilitator and platform for GPP networks , the United Nations can play an intermediary role between states , whose rationale and legitimacy for the foreseeable future will remain constrained by ...
... areas of responsibility . By acting as a facilitator and platform for GPP networks , the United Nations can play an intermediary role between states , whose rationale and legitimacy for the foreseeable future will remain constrained by ...
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... areas as sus- tainable human development , human rights , and disarmament ; → UN agencies can act as multilevel network managers by coordi- nating program activities or developing strategies for interacting with appropriate levels of ...
... areas as sus- tainable human development , human rights , and disarmament ; → UN agencies can act as multilevel network managers by coordi- nating program activities or developing strategies for interacting with appropriate levels of ...
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... areas of bureaucratic or disci- plinary expertise . Decisions made about international trade , for example , can have profound economic , ecological , and security effects , all of which must be considered in the policy debate . In ...
... areas of bureaucratic or disci- plinary expertise . Decisions made about international trade , for example , can have profound economic , ecological , and security effects , all of which must be considered in the policy debate . In ...
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