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The United Nations and Civil Society

Author : Nora McKeon
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848137974
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The United Nations and Civil Society written by Nora McKeon and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UN is able to recognize key global challenges, but beset by difficulties in trying to resolve them. In this, it represents the current global political balance, but is also the only international institution that could move it forward. Civil society can be a catalyst for this kind of change. In this book, Nora McKeon provides a comprehensive analysis of UN engagement with civil society. The book pays particular attention to food and agriculture, which now lie at the heart of global governance issues. McKeon shows that politically meaningful space for civil society can be introduced into UN policy dialogue. The United Nations and Civil Society also makes the case that it is only by engaging with organizations which legitimately speak for the 'poor' targeted by the Millennium Development Goals that the UN can promote equitable, sustainable development and build global democracy from the ground up. This book has strong ramifications for global governance, civil society and the contemporary debate over the future of food.

Modernizing the United Nations System

Author : John E. Trent
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN 13 : 3866499108
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (664 download)

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Download or read book Modernizing the United Nations System written by John E. Trent and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2007-06-20 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contends that civil society must mobilize its capacities to bring a new will to national and international politics and oblige governments to act. It starts by demonstrating the need for institutional change at the UN and then shows how, both in the past and the present, leading individuals and nongovernmental organizations, using their knowledge base and their organizational networks, have lead the fight for international organizations. After a summary of major UN reform proposals over the years, the book concludes by identifying leading global ""reformers"" and elaborating a detailed plan for a global reform movement to spearhead the modernization of the UN system.

The United Nations and Civil Society

Author : Nora McKeon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350223592
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book The United Nations and Civil Society written by Nora McKeon and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The UN is able to recognize key global challenges but is beset by difficulties in trying to resolve them. It represents the current global political balance but is also the only international institution that can move it forward." "Civil society can be a catalyst for this kind of change. In this book, Nora McKeon provides a comprehensive analysis of UN engagement with civil society. The book pays particular attention to food and agriculture, which now lie at the heart of global governance issues. McKeon shows that politically meaningful space for civil society can be introduced into UN policy dialogue. The United Nations and Civil Society also makes the case that it is only by engaging with organizations which legitimately speak for the 'poor' that the UN can promote equitable, sustainable development and build global democracy from the ground up." "This book has strong ramifications for global governance, civil society and social movements, as well as for the contemporary debate over the future of food."--Jacket.

Civil Society and Disarmament 2014

Author : United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Publisher : United Nations
ISBN 13 : 9210572394
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and Disarmament 2014 written by United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, non-governmental organizations and other members of civil society have had an ever greater impact on the international agenda. While States establish formal political positions and have the legal and legitimate authority to negotiate, sign and ratify treaties, the ability of organizations and institutions which are independent of a government (NGOs, religious groups, foundations, charities, etc.) to influence these processes is growing. Four delegates from Australia, Costa Rica, Japan, and Mexico, and who worked at the United Nations, share their personal views on the impact civil society stakeholders have had in matters relating to disarmament and arms control.

Whose World is it Anyway?

Author : United Nations Association in Canada
Publisher : Kum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Whose World is it Anyway? written by United Nations Association in Canada and published by Kum. This book was released on 1999 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises a collection of papers which examine the role of civil society organizations and the UN systen in the global debates and struggles over equity, sustainability and justice.

The United Nations and Democracy in Africa

Author : Zoë Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135862559
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The United Nations and Democracy in Africa written by Zoë Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-21 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores UN bureaucracy and the development dysfunction it sows in four 'most different' African countries: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Tanzania. Wilson's original purpose for researching this book was to uncover new solutions to some of the United Nations' most vexing implementation problems. Yet, as research unfolded, it became clear that the reasons for those problems lay tangled up in bureaucratic and philosophical quagmires of a much more fundamental nature. The United Nations and Democracy in Africa is the documentation not only of these bureaucratic and philosophical absurdities that find expression through development practice, but also the journey of the author from ardent defender of the UN to profound sceptic.

Between Sovereignty and Global Governance?

Author : Albert J. Paolini
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349143421
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Between Sovereignty and Global Governance? written by Albert J. Paolini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the nature and problems of global governance as we enter the next millennium. It focuses on the United Nations, the most ambitious experiment to date in multilateral management of world society. Leading scholars, policy-makers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations examine the economic, security, and civil political dimensions of governance, exploring the impact of changing global conditions on national, regional, and international institutions and processes of governance. They use the experience of the United Nations system to illuminate the nature and viability of sovereign and non-sovereign forms of governance in an era of rapid political, economic, cultural, strategic, and ecological change.

Civil Society and Disarmament 2014

Author : United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789211423037
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and Disarmament 2014 written by United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, non-governmental organisations and other members of civil society have had an ever greater impact on the international agenda. Four delegates from Australia, Costa Rica, Japan, and Mexico, and who worked at the United Nations, share their personal views on the impact civil society stakeholders have had in matters relating to disarmament and arms control.

A United Nations Renaissance

Author : John E. Trent
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN 13 : 3847408607
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book A United Nations Renaissance written by John E. Trent and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short introduction to the United Nations analyzes the organization as itis today, and how it can be transformed to respond to its critics. Combiningessential information about its history and workings with practical proposalsof how it can be strengthened, Trent and Schnurr examine what needs to bedone, and also how we can actually move toward the required reforms. Thisbook is written for a new generation of change-makers — a generation seekingbetter institutions that reflect the realities of the 21st century and that can actcollectively in the interest of all.

Between Sovereignty and Global Governance

Author : Albert J. Paolini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781349143443
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Between Sovereignty and Global Governance written by Albert J. Paolini and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the nature and problems of global governance as we enter the next millennium. It focuses on the United Nations, the most ambitious experiment to date in multilateral management of world society. Leading scholars, policy-makers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations examine the economic, security, and civil political dimensions of governance, exploring the impact of changing global conditions on national, regional, and international institutions and processes of governance. They use the experience of the United Nations system to illuminate the nature and viability of sovereign and non-sovereign forms of governance in an era of rapid political, economic, cultural, strategic, and ecological change.

The United Nations Global Compact

Author : Andreas Rasche
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521145538
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book The United Nations Global Compact written by Andreas Rasche and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-16 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of the first ten years of the world's largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative.

Critical Choices

Author : Wolfgang H. Reinicke
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 0889369216
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Critical Choices written by Wolfgang H. Reinicke and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Choices.

Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society

Author : Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791483843
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society written by Elisabeth Jay Friedman and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society explores the growing power of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by analyzing a microcosm of contemporary global state-society relations at UN World Conferences. The intense interactions between states and NGOs at conferences on the environment, human rights, women's issues, and other topics confirm the emergence of a new transnational democratic sphere of activity. Employing both regional and global case studies, the book charts noticeable growth in the ability of NGOs to build networks among themselves and effect change within UN processes. Using a multidimensional understanding of state sovereignty, the authors find that states use sovereignty to shelter not only material interests but also cultural identity in the face of external pressure. This book is unique in its analysis of NGO activities at the international level as well as the complexity of nation-states' responses to their new companions in global governance.

Civil Society, Care Labour, and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Author : Caitlin Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000394492
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society, Care Labour, and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda written by Caitlin Hamilton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes that work on the Women, Peace and Security agenda undertaken by civil society actors can be interpreted as a form of care labour that nourishes and sustains the agenda – without which the agenda could not, in fact, succeed. The care labour of civil society is thus a condition of the Women, Peace and Security agenda’s success. United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 is the foundation of a diverse and pluralising policy framework known as the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Over the 20 years since the adoption of the foundational resolution, despite sustained resistance from some quarters and a general lack of adequate resourcing and political will, the agenda has continued to see many successes, and to achieve elements of political transformation large and small. This book explores how the supporting constituency of the agenda has ‘made 1325 work’. Based on new interviews with representatives of diverse civil society organisations working on WPS, the book offers a novel intervention into WPS scholarship, which has thus far paid relatively little attention to the labours of civil society actors working on WPS, particularly on an individual level. The authors consider the motivations, pressures and frustrations experienced by WPS civil society actors, as well as the goals and challenges. This book is based on original research and will be of interest to scholars, policymakers and practitioners working on WPS specifically, and those working in Political Science, International Relations, Development Studies, and on the global governance of peace and security. It will also be relevant for students in WPS-focused programs and of peace and security studies more broadly.

Civil Society, Peace, and Power

Author : David Cortright
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442258578
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society, Peace, and Power written by David Cortright and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil society plays an increasingly powerful role in the global landscape, emerging as key actors in preventing and managing conflict, and building more peaceful and sustainable societies . The multiple case studies featured in this volume illustrate the growth of civil society involvement in national, regional, and international peacebuilding policy. The focus is on multi-stakeholder, systems-based approaches to peacebuilding and human security that involve diverse civil society groups (NGOs, religious organizations, media, etc.), government agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and security forces. This unique comprehensive approach encompasses diverse stakeholders seeking to understand the drivers of conflict and the possibilities for working together to build peace. The book illustrates how the involvement of civil society can result in better informed, more inclusive, more accountable government decision making, and more effective peacebuilding policies. Importantly, a number of the case studies provide a gender perspective on peacebuilding and civil society issues, voicing and giving attention to women’s perspectives without being focused only on gender issues. Further, authors from the Global South offer the perspectives of those directly immersed in ongoing struggles for justice and peace.

Chadwick F. Alger

Author : Chadwick F Alger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 331900509X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Chadwick F. Alger written by Chadwick F Alger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume honors the lifetime achievements of distinguished scholar Chadwick F. Alger on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Carolyn Stephenson presents Prof. Alger as a Pioneer in the Study of the Political Process and on NGO Participation in the United Nations. Part 1 offers an autobiographical note and a comprehensive bibliography of his academic publications. Part II includes three texts on “The Political Process in the UN,” namely “The Researcher in the United Nations: Evolution of a Research Strategy,” “Interaction in a Committee of the United Nations General Assembly” and “Interaction and Negotiation in a Committee of the UN GA.” In Part III, which focuses on “Civil Society Organizations in the UN System (NGOs),” three chapters deal with “Evolving Roles of NGOs in Member State Decision-making in the UN System,” “The Roles of NGOs in the UN System: From Article 71 to a People’s Millennium Assembly” and “Strengthening relations between NGOs and the UN system: Towards a research agenda.”

The Rise of Global Civil Society

Author : Don Eberly
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1594032947
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Global Civil Society written by Don Eberly and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2008-03-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global news is generally bad news. On the surface, the story is about war, poverty, ethnic and sectarian strife. Democracy movements advanced by the U.S. government seem to be stalled or even reversed. Yet just below the surface, more hopeful trends are brewing. A new global awareness of the people at "the bottom of the pyramid" is summoning forth an unprecedented response to human need and suffering. It involves a shift from vertical to horizontal power that official aid agencies are only beginning to comprehend. Whereas twenty-five years ago, government aid accounted for 70 percent of all American outflows, today 85 percent of all outflows of resources come from private individuals, businesses, religious congregations, universities, and immigrant communities. If aid policy in the twentieth century relied on top-down bureaucracy dominated by policy specialists and elites, the twenty-first century is shaping up as an era in which citizens, social entrepreneurs, and volunteers link up to solve problems. U.S. military and economic power are basic components of America's presence in the world; but in an environment of rampant anti-Americanism, it is compassion that is America's most consequential export. Civil society, once the distinctive characteristic of American democracy, is now advancing across the globe, carrying with it new forms of philanthropy, citizenship, and volunteerism. Tens of thousands of voluntary associations are prying open closed societies from within, solving problems in new ways, and forming the seedbed for a long-term cultivation of democratic norms. Building Nations from the Bottom Up: The Global Rise of Democratic Society presents a sweeping overview of the forces now shaping the global debate, including citizen-led development projects, poverty-reduction strategies that substitute opportunity for charity, and electronically linked movements to combat corruption and autocratic rule.