Un Civil Democracy

Author : John E. Trent
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783866499102

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Modernizing the United Nations System by John E. Trent Pdf

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.

Author : Elisabeth Jay Friedman,Kathryn Hochstetler,Ann Marie Clark
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791483848

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Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society by Elisabeth Jay Friedman,Kathryn Hochstetler,Ann Marie Clark Pdf

Examines the growing power of nongovernmental organizations by looking at UN World Conferences.

Author : Nora McKeon
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1848132751

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The United Nations and Civil Society by Nora McKeon Pdf

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.

Author : Zoë Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135862558

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The United Nations and Democracy in Africa by Zoë Wilson Pdf

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.

Author : Nora McKeon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848132764

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The United Nations and Civil Society by Nora McKeon Pdf

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.

Author : Verena Beittinger-Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Civil society
ISBN : OCLC:1110703989

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(Un)civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia by Verena Beittinger-Lee Pdf

Author : Thomas D. Zweifel
Publisher : Swiss Consulting Group, Inc.
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9781588263926

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International Organizations and Democracy by Thomas D. Zweifel Pdf

?Zweifel?s persuasive and highly relevant book is a significant contribution to the literature on IO governance.? ?Edward McMahon, University of VermontDo international organizations represent the interests of the global citizenry? Or are they merely vehicles for the agendas of powerful nations and special interests? Thomas Zweifel explores this increasingly contentious issue, deftly blending history, theory, and case studies.Zweifel?s analysis covers both regional organizations (e.g., the EU, NAFTA, NATO, the AU) and such global institutions as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization. With international organizations becoming perhaps the most appropriate?if not the only?forum for tackling myriad transnational challenges, his systematic study of how these organizations function is central to the study of both international relations and democracy in the 21st century.Thomas D. Zweifel, CEO of the Swiss Consulting Group, is also adjunct professor at Columbia University?s School of International and Public Affairs. Previously, he served as director of global operations for the Hunger Project.Contents: The Democratic Deficit of International Organizations. An Approach to Transnational Democracy. A Brief History of International Organization. The United Nations. The World Bank. The International Monetary Fund. The World Trade Organization. The European Union. From OAU to African Union. Other Regional Organizations: NAFTA, NATO, and ASEAN. Global Citizenship?

Author : Rachel A. May,Andrew K. Milton
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0739120654

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(Un)civil Societies by Rachel A. May,Andrew K. Milton Pdf

Rachel A. May and Andrew K. Milton have assembled an array of scholars from different disciplines to examine transitional governments in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Drawing on specific political conditions and organized around topics such as the media, political parties, and political violence, (Un)Civil Societies broadens the discussion about democratization both thematically and geographically.

Author : Nora McKeon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 135022359X

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The United Nations and Civil Society by Nora McKeon Pdf

"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.

Author : Verena Beittinger-Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135247607

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(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia by Verena Beittinger-Lee Pdf

(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia provides critical analysis of Indonesia’s civil society and its impact on the country’s democratization efforts that does not only take the classical, pro-democratic actors of civil society into account but also portrays uncivil groups and their growing influence on political processes. Beittinger-Lee offers a revised categorization of civil society, including a model to define the sphere of ‘uncivil society’ more closely and to identify several subcategories of uncivil society. This is the first book to portrays various uncivil groups in Indonesia, ranging from vigilantes, militias, paramilitaries, youth groups, civil security task forces and militant Islamic (and other religious) groups, ethnonationalist groups to terrorist organizations and groups belonging to organized crime. Moreover, it provides the reader with an overview of Indonesia’s history, its political developments after the democratic opening, main improvements under the various presidents since Suharto’s fall, constitutional amendments and key reforms in human rights legislation. This book will be of interest to upper level undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in political science and Southeast Asian studies.

Author : Simon Chesterman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191536304

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You, The People: The United Nations, Transitional Administration, and State-Building by Simon Chesterman Pdf

The governance of post-conflict territories embodies a central contradiction: how does one help a population prepare for democratic governance and the rule of law by imposing a form of benevolent autocracy? Transitional administrations represent the most complex operations attempted by the United Nations. The operations in East Timor and Kosovo are commonly seen as unique in the history of the UN - perhaps never to be repeated. But they may also be seen as the latest in a series of operations that have involved the United Nations in 'state-building' activities, where it has attempted to develop the institutions of government by assuming some or all of those sovereign powers on a temporary basis. The circumstances that have demanded such interventions certainly will be repeated. Seen in the context of earlier UN operations, such as those in Namibia, Cambodia, and Eastern Slavonia, the view that these exceptional circumstances may not recur is somewhat disingenuous. Moreover, the need for such policy research has been brought into sharp focus by the weighty but ambiguous role assigned to the UN in Afghanistan and the possibility of a comparable role in Iraq. This book fills that gap. Aimed at policy-makers, diplomats, and a wide academic audience (including international relations, political science, international law, and war studies), the book provides a concise history of UN state-building operations and a treatment of the five key issues confronting such an operation on the ground: peace and security, the role of the UN as government, judicial reconstruction, economic reconstruction, and exit strategies.

Author : Rik Panganiban
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015052312603

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E-democracy and the United Nations by Rik Panganiban Pdf

Author : Albert J. Paolini,Christian Reus-Smit,Anthony P. Jarvis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349143429

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Between Sovereignty and Global Governance? by Albert J. Paolini,Christian Reus-Smit,Anthony P. Jarvis Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Democracy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020592650

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Sovereignty, International Democracy and the United Nations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nelson Kasfir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136323119

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Civil Society and Democracy in Africa by Nelson Kasfir Pdf

This work critically reviews the conventional uses of the concept of civil society in promoting democratization in Africa and suggests omissions and modifications are needed for more accurate analyses.