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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... individuals around the world to work together to address pressing global problems - from weapons control , to the lack of adequate global labour standards , to climate change as they arise . This report examines one such set of ...
... individuals around the world to work together to address pressing global problems - from weapons control , to the lack of adequate global labour standards , to climate change as they arise . This report examines one such set of ...
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... individuals . They typically articulate clear and narrowly focused goals for their activities and frame their chosen issue in a way that will have maximum impact , often by couching it in the language of a moral impera- tive . The ...
... individuals . They typically articulate clear and narrowly focused goals for their activities and frame their chosen issue in a way that will have maximum impact , often by couching it in the language of a moral impera- tive . The ...
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... individuals , the complexity of negotiating and setting standards , as well as concerns of fairness and equity , typically requires the involvement of stakeholders from all sectors on a representative basis . Trisectoral networks can ...
... individuals , the complexity of negotiating and setting standards , as well as concerns of fairness and equity , typically requires the involvement of stakeholders from all sectors on a representative basis . Trisectoral networks can ...
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... individuals like Kadar Asmal , in the case of the WCD , or US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich , with the Apparel ... individual or institution ; rather , they must be willing , even eager , to share power and to " lead from behind ...
... individuals like Kadar Asmal , in the case of the WCD , or US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich , with the Apparel ... individual or institution ; rather , they must be willing , even eager , to share power and to " lead from behind ...
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... individuals and institutions , now live and work . Yet , so far at least , governments and international organizations have fallen short in their efforts to develop mechanisms to allow their citizens to take full advantage of the ...
... individuals and institutions , now live and work . Yet , so far at least , governments and international organizations have fallen short in their efforts to develop mechanisms to allow their citizens to take full advantage of the ...
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