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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... strengthen the capacities of state and nonstate actors to partici- pate in the development of GPP while increasing its own effectiveness and credibility . In many ways , the future of GPP networks is the future of the United Nations ...
... strengthen the capacities of state and nonstate actors to partici- pate in the development of GPP while increasing its own effectiveness and credibility . In many ways , the future of GPP networks is the future of the United Nations ...
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... strengthened by these networks ' activities . It is crucial for member states of the United Nations to understand that GPP net- works are meant , not to replace governments , but to complement them . Networks help member states take ...
... strengthened by these networks ' activities . It is crucial for member states of the United Nations to understand that GPP net- works are meant , not to replace governments , but to complement them . Networks help member states take ...
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... strengthen public institutions to some degree , their rapidity has clearly outstripped governments ' ability to structure and make adequate use of them . Technological change has also made social , cultural , and economic relations more ...
... strengthen public institutions to some degree , their rapidity has clearly outstripped governments ' ability to structure and make adequate use of them . Technological change has also made social , cultural , and economic relations more ...
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... strengthen existing networks and perhaps launch new ones to face the challenges ahead . It is too early to determine the full potential of trisectoral networks or their limits . We might well be in the early stages of a paradigm shift ...
... strengthen existing networks and perhaps launch new ones to face the challenges ahead . It is too early to determine the full potential of trisectoral networks or their limits . We might well be in the early stages of a paradigm shift ...
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... strengthen nonstate actors , including businesses and NGOs . Both corporations and civil society have taught the public sector a lesson on this score : by relying on horizontal and flat organizational structures , rather than ...
... strengthen nonstate actors , including businesses and NGOs . Both corporations and civil society have taught the public sector a lesson on this score : by relying on horizontal and flat organizational structures , rather than ...
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