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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Page vii
... establish many such networks . IDRC's experience in facilitating , through research and policy net- works , South - South and South - North collaboration truly exhibits that the sum is often greater that its constituent parts . Take ...
... establish many such networks . IDRC's experience in facilitating , through research and policy net- works , South - South and South - North collaboration truly exhibits that the sum is often greater that its constituent parts . Take ...
Page xiv
... established network has shown the flexibility to expand its purview to issues of sustainable produc- tion systems and has adopted a strong poverty focus . CGIAR has also created new institutional forms to increase the participation of ...
... established network has shown the flexibility to expand its purview to issues of sustainable produc- tion systems and has adopted a strong poverty focus . CGIAR has also created new institutional forms to increase the participation of ...
Page xvii
... established bureaucracy and a rigid hierarchy . Network managers must therefore focus on maintaining " structured informality " — on keeping relationships loose and unconfining while building in enough organization and framework to get ...
... established bureaucracy and a rigid hierarchy . Network managers must therefore focus on maintaining " structured informality " — on keeping relationships loose and unconfining while building in enough organization and framework to get ...
Page xviii
... 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 and innovative funding ...
... 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 and innovative funding ...
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... established institutions and organizations . By concentrating on these old and well - worn stories , we may be missing a quiet revo- lution . Equating politics with political institutions masks a simple truth : individuals and groups ...
... established institutions and organizations . By concentrating on these old and well - worn stories , we may be missing a quiet revo- lution . Equating politics with political institutions masks a simple truth : individuals and groups ...
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