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 ix
... important tool for advertising project activities and obtaining important information and other inputs for the project . It allowed an electronic dialogue to be launched on topics pertinent to the GPP theme . The project held several ...
... important tool for advertising project activities and obtaining important information and other inputs for the project . It allowed an electronic dialogue to be launched on topics pertinent to the GPP theme . The project held several ...
Page xiii
... important of these , although , again , no simple typology can do justice to the full range of network activities . Most of the networks perform several of these activities , but each network does not necessarily perform all or even ...
... important of these , although , again , no simple typology can do justice to the full range of network activities . Most of the networks perform several of these activities , but each network does not necessarily perform all or even ...
Page xv
... important as the tangible ones , and they may endure even longer . Transparency International , for example , has not only scored significant successes in the fight against official corruption but also built coalitions of trust between ...
... important as the tangible ones , and they may endure even longer . Transparency International , for example , has not only scored significant successes in the fight against official corruption but also built coalitions of trust between ...
Page xvi
... important to allow for extensive consultation and discus- sion , especially in the start - up phase and when the participants have heretofore been adversaries or competitors . This gives legitimacy to the network process - but it also ...
... important to allow for extensive consultation and discus- sion , especially in the start - up phase and when the participants have heretofore been adversaries or competitors . This gives legitimacy to the network process - but it also ...
Page xvii
... important for some networks , such as those whose primary purpose is implementation . Maintaining the " structure " in structural informality - Networks must avoid falling into the trap of becoming just another institution with an ...
... important for some networks , such as those whose primary purpose is implementation . Maintaining the " structure " in structural informality - Networks must avoid falling into the trap of becoming just another institution with an ...
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