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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... Changing External Environment Economic and political liberalization . Technological change . The multidimensional impacts of liberalization and technological change . Complexity and the risks of a partial view . The participatory gap I ...
... Changing External Environment Economic and political liberalization . Technological change . The multidimensional impacts of liberalization and technological change . Complexity and the risks of a partial view . The participatory gap I ...
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... Development Research Centre (Canada). Foreword Our world is getting smaller . Political and economic liberalization , together with sweeping technological change , have made all of humanity more interdependent . New and exciting ...
... Development Research Centre (Canada). Foreword Our world is getting smaller . Political and economic liberalization , together with sweeping technological change , have made all of humanity more interdependent . New and exciting ...
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... change is the technological revolution , and in particular the revolution in information technology . Technological change , too , has had immensely beneficial effects on the way we interact in commerce , public affairs , and society ...
... change is the technological revolution , and in particular the revolution in information technology . Technological change , too , has had immensely beneficial effects on the way we interact in commerce , public affairs , and society ...
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... technological change , be more responsive to their constituents , and promote change within bureaucracies . A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES GPP networks address governance gaps by performing a variety of diverse functions . This report highlights ...
... technological change , be more responsive to their constituents , and promote change within bureaucracies . A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES GPP networks address governance gaps by performing a variety of diverse functions . This report highlights ...
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... Development Research Centre (Canada). → Securing sustainable funding — All networks , even the most ad hoc and ... technological change have made it far easier than before for people to connect , inclusion of all interested parties ...
... Development Research Centre (Canada). → Securing sustainable funding — All networks , even the most ad hoc and ... technological change have made it far easier than before for people to connect , inclusion of all interested parties ...
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