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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... for Science and Technology Brazil Sonia Picado Sotela National Congresswoman Costa Rica Klaus Schwab President World Economic Forum Switzerland Mostafa Tolba President International Center for Environment and Development Egypt.
... for Science and Technology Brazil Sonia Picado Sotela National Congresswoman Costa Rica Klaus Schwab President World Economic Forum Switzerland Mostafa Tolba President International Center for Environment and Development Egypt.
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... Environment Economic and political liberalization . Technological change . The multidimensional impacts of liberalization and technological change . Complexity and the risks of a partial view . The participatory gap I 9 ΙΟ 13 15 18 22 ...
... Environment Economic and political liberalization . Technological change . The multidimensional impacts of liberalization and technological change . Complexity and the risks of a partial view . The participatory gap I 9 ΙΟ 13 15 18 22 ...
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... the support of the United Nations Foundation , the Rockefeller Foundation , the Fritz Thyssen Foundation , and the Hoechst Foundation . EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Profound and continuing change in our global environment- X PREFACE ++.
... the support of the United Nations Foundation , the Rockefeller Foundation , the Fritz Thyssen Foundation , and the Hoechst Foundation . EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Profound and continuing change in our global environment- X PREFACE ++.
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... environment- social , political , and economic - today demands commensurate changes in our institutions of global governance , not least in the institution that lies at the core of the international system , the United Nations . The ...
... environment- social , political , and economic - today demands commensurate changes in our institutions of global governance , not least in the institution that lies at the core of the international system , the United Nations . The ...
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... environmental management . Whereas agenda- setting often can be accomplished by a relatively few dedicated individuals , the complexity of negotiating and setting standards , EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * + xiii A range of activities.
... environmental management . Whereas agenda- setting often can be accomplished by a relatively few dedicated individuals , the complexity of negotiating and setting standards , EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * + xiii A range of activities.
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