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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... engagement , for example by establishing organizations at the national level whose deliberations feed into the global network . They can establish structures that institutionalize inclusion , such as representative - voting arrangements ...
... engagement , for example by establishing organizations at the national level whose deliberations feed into the global network . They can establish structures that institutionalize inclusion , such as representative - voting arrangements ...
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... engagement in networks an attractive proposition , the organization's own future relevance and ability to deliver on its mission are by no means assured . Critical for the UN's success in GPP networks , and thus in global governance at ...
... engagement in networks an attractive proposition , the organization's own future relevance and ability to deliver on its mission are by no means assured . Critical for the UN's success in GPP networks , and thus in global governance at ...
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... engagement with the media has been important , as has the involvement of influential individuals . Key among these has been Graca Machel , whose 1996 report on the impact of armed conflict on children first raised widespread con- cern ...
... engagement with the media has been important , as has the involvement of influential individuals . Key among these has been Graca Machel , whose 1996 report on the impact of armed conflict on children first raised widespread con- cern ...
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... engagement " allow dilemmas of collective action to be resolved by fostering norms of generalized reciprocity and the emergence of trust , building what one might call global social capital . The notion of global social capital points ...
... engagement " allow dilemmas of collective action to be resolved by fostering norms of generalized reciprocity and the emergence of trust , building what one might call global social capital . The notion of global social capital points ...
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... engages in capacity - building , by enabling local communities , especially in developing countries , to take democratic control over their destinies . Specifically , TI supplies instruments for such learning , for instance its ...
... engages in capacity - building , by enabling local communities , especially in developing countries , to take democratic control over their destinies . Specifically , TI supplies instruments for such learning , for instance its ...
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