Critical Choices - The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Governance
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Contents
Foreword — Maureen O'Neil (President, IDRC)
Preface
Executive Summary: Origins and objectives; A range of activities; The care and tending of networks; What role for the United Nations?; Conclusions
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A 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; States, international organizations, and the imperative of change
Chapter 3. What Do Networks Do?
A primer on networks; Placing issues on the global agenda; Negotiating and setting standards and regulations; Developing and disseminating knowledge; Making and deepening markets; Implementing ideas and decisions; Closing the participatory gap
Chapter 4. Network Management
Getting the network off the ground; Balancing adequate consultation and goal delivery; Securing sustainable funding; Maintaining the "structure" in structured informality; Finding allies outside one's sector; Tackling the dual challenge of inclusion
Chapter 5. Networks and the United Nations
From vision to reality: a three-track approach; Roles for the United Nations in GPP networks; Making the United Nations fit for GPP networks
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Appendix 1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix 2. Case Studies of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks
Appendix 3. Workshop Participants
Appendix 4. Bibliography
Network theory, collaboration, and partnership; International organizations, change, and learning; Management and networks; Knowledge management; Civil society and governance; The private sector and transnational relations; Social capital; Publications by the staff of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks
Appendix 5. The Authors, the Publisher, and the Sponsor
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Foreword — Maureen O'Neil (President, IDRC)
Preface
Executive Summary: Origins and objectives; A range of activities; The care and tending of networks; What role for the United Nations?; Conclusions
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A 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; States, international organizations, and the imperative of change
Chapter 3. What Do Networks Do?
A primer on networks; Placing issues on the global agenda; Negotiating and setting standards and regulations; Developing and disseminating knowledge; Making and deepening markets; Implementing ideas and decisions; Closing the participatory gap
Chapter 4. Network Management
Getting the network off the ground; Balancing adequate consultation and goal delivery; Securing sustainable funding; Maintaining the "structure" in structured informality; Finding allies outside one's sector; Tackling the dual challenge of inclusion
Chapter 5. Networks and the United Nations
From vision to reality: a three-track approach; Roles for the United Nations in GPP networks; Making the United Nations fit for GPP networks
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Appendix 1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix 2. Case Studies of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks
Appendix 3. Workshop Participants
Appendix 4. Bibliography
Network theory, collaboration, and partnership; International organizations, change, and learning; Management and networks; Knowledge management; Civil society and governance; The private sector and transnational relations; Social capital; Publications by the staff of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks
Appendix 5. The Authors, the Publisher, and the Sponsor
Click here to download the book by chapter.
Contact order@idrc.ca for ordering information.
Number of Pages
164
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