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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... operational gap has opened up wherever policy- makers and public institutions have simply found themselves lacking the information , knowledge , and tools they need to respond to the daunting complexity of policy issues in a ...
... operational gap has opened up wherever policy- makers and public institutions have simply found themselves lacking the information , knowledge , and tools they need to respond to the daunting complexity of policy issues in a ...
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... operational level ; → UN agencies can act as norm entrepreneurs in such areas as sus- tainable human development , human rights , and disarmament ; → UN agencies can act as multilevel network managers by coordi- nating program ...
... operational level ; → UN agencies can act as norm entrepreneurs in such areas as sus- tainable human development , human rights , and disarmament ; → UN agencies can act as multilevel network managers by coordi- nating program ...
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... operational capacity and democratic responsiveness of governments . They are distinctive in their ability to bring people and institutions from diverse backgrounds together , often when they have been working against one another for ...
... operational capacity and democratic responsiveness of governments . They are distinctive in their ability to bring people and institutions from diverse backgrounds together , often when they have been working against one another for ...
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... policy issues , and the acknowledgment that many issues must embrace a perspective on intergenerational equity have all created an operational gap , as policymakers and institutions often simply lack the information , knowledge 2 CHAPTER 1.
... policy issues , and the acknowledgment that many issues must embrace a perspective on intergenerational equity have all created an operational gap , as policymakers and institutions often simply lack the information , knowledge 2 CHAPTER 1.
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... operational and participatory , have emerged in global governance and have challenged national and international public institutions fundamental way . in a Chapter 3 presents empirical evidence confirming the relevance of GPP networks ...
... operational and participatory , have emerged in global governance and have challenged national and international public institutions fundamental way . in a Chapter 3 presents empirical evidence confirming the relevance of GPP networks ...
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