Civil Society And International Governance
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Author |
: Ronnie D. Lipschutz |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 1996-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1438411057 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781438411057 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Global Civil Society and Global Environmental Governance by : Ronnie D. Lipschutz
What will it take to protect the global environment? In this book, Ronnie D. Lipschutz argues that neither world government nor green economics can do the job. Governmental regulations often are resisted by those whose behavior they are intended to change, and markets—even green ones—look to profits more than to protection. What will be needed, Lipschutz believes, is not global management but political action through community- and place-based organizations and projects. People acting together locally can have a cumulative impact on environmental quality that is significant, long lasting, and widespread. The comparative case studies of environmental activism in Northern California, Hungary, and Indonesia (the latter written by Judith Mayer) illustrate one of the central premises of this book: that local action is linked increasingly to globe-spanning networks of knowledge and practice, in what Lipschutz calls global civil society. The result is a system of governance that is both local and global, to which states and international organizations are turning increasingly for help and advice.
Author |
: Carl-Ulrik Schierup |
Publisher |
: Rethinking Globalizations |
Total Pages |
: 166 |
Release |
: 2019-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0367147262 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780367147266 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Migration, Civil Society and Global Governance by : Carl-Ulrik Schierup
How do the United Nations, international organizations, governments, corporate actors and a wide variety of civil society organizations and regional and global trade unions perceive the root causes of migration, global inequality and options for sustainable development? This is one of the most pertinent political questions of the 21st century. This comprehensive collection examines the development of an emerging global governance on migration with the focus on spaces, roles, strategies and alliance-making of a composite transnational civil society engaged in issues of rights and the protection of migrants and their families. It reveals the need to strengthen networking and convergence among movements that adopt different entry points to the same struggle, from fighting 'managed' migration to contesting corporate control of food and land. The authors examine the opportunities and challenges faced by civil society in its endeavour to promote a rights-based approach within international and intergovernmental fora engaged in setting up a global compact for the management of migration, such as the Global Forum for Migration and Development, and in other global policy spaces. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Globalizations. roach within international and intergovernmental fora engaged in setting up a global compact for the management of migration, such as the Global Forum for Migration and Development, and in other global policy spaces. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Globalizations.
Author |
: Nora McKeon |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2009-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781848132764 |
ISBN-13 |
: 184813276X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis The United Nations and Civil Society by : Nora McKeon
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 |
: J. Steffek |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2007-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230592506 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230592503 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil Society Participation in European and Global Governance by : J. Steffek
It is often argued that the enhanced consultation of civil society contributes to the democratization of European and global governance. This collection investigates whether this theoretical argument is supported by empirical evidence. Ten original essays analyze current patterns of civil society consultation in 32 intergovernmental organizations.
Author |
: Jérôme Duberry |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2019-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351613538 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351613537 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Global Environmental Governance in the Information Age by : Jérôme Duberry
This book examines the impact of current and emerging digital technologies on global environmental governance, and in particular on environmental civil society organizations. Technological innovations are constantly emerging: internet and social media platforms, blockchains, big data, and artificial intelligence are some of the most common or promising digital technologies of our times. Through case studies and the analysis of concrete applications of digital technologies, this book shows how these digital technologies can be deployed to support global environmental governance, and in particular a multi-stakeholder approach to the protection of the environment. It provides an overview of the diverse uses of these digital technologies by civil society organizations (CSOs) in global environmental governance. In this fast-changing context, the capacity of environmental CSOs to manage and benefit from digital technologies, and to produce and distribute information, can strengthen their participation in global environmental governance. Their key roles, including advocacy, monitoring, knowledge production, fundraising, nudging individual behaviors, and project implementation, greatly benefit from the use of these technologies. By examining some of the most-utilized current digital technologies and presenting some of the most prominent emerging ones, this book aims to illustrate how active civil society organizations operate, and how ICTs support some of their roles, and therefore their participation in global environmental governance. This book will appeal to scholars and students of environmental studies and politics, global governance, political sociology, geography and communication studies along with policy makers and communication specialists from the environmental community.
Author |
: John E. Trent |
Publisher |
: Verlag Barbara Budrich |
Total Pages |
: 303 |
Release |
: 2007-06-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783866499102 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3866499108 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Modernizing the United Nations System by : John E. Trent
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 |
: James W. St.G. Walker |
Publisher |
: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
Total Pages |
: 330 |
Release |
: 2008-02-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781554581405 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1554581400 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Critical Mass by : James W. St.G. Walker
Public concern about inequitable economic globalization has revealed the demand for citizen participation in global decision making. Civil society organizations have taken up the challenge, holding governments and corporations accountable for their decisions and actions, and developing collaborative solutions to the dominant problems of our time. Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society offers a unique mixture of experience and analysis by the leaders of some of the most influential global civil society organizations and respected academics who specialize in this field of study. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation
Author |
: David Armstrong |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2010-11-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136888939 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136888934 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil Society and International Governance by : David Armstrong
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project. Structures and processes occurring within and between states are no longer the only – or even the most important - determinants of those political, economic and social developments and dynamics that shape the modern world. Many issues, including the environment, health, crime, drugs, migration and terrorism, can no longer be contained within national boundaries. As a result, it is not always possible to identify the loci for authority and legitimacy, and the role of governments has been called into question. Civil Society anf International Governance critically analyses the increasing impact of nongovernmental organisations and civil society on global and regional governance. Written from the standpoint of advocates of civil society and addressing the role of civil society in relation to the UN, the IMF, the G8 and the WTO, this volume assess the role of various non-state actors from three perspectives: theoretical aspects, civil society interaction with the European Union and civil society and regional governance outside Europe, specifically Africa, East Asia and the Middle East. It demonstrates that civil society’s role has been more complex than one defined in terms, essentially, of resistance and includes actual participation in governance as well as multi-facetted contributions to legitimising and democratising global and regional governance. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, international relations, civil society, sociology, European politics and global governance.
Author |
: Professor John J. Kirton |
Publisher |
: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages |
: 524 |
Release |
: 2013-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781409495710 |
ISBN-13 |
: 140949571X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sustainability, Civil Society and International Governance by : Professor John J. Kirton
How can civil society and global governors come together in new ways to improve links among trade, environmental and social values? In this important and wide-ranging volume, an unparalleled array of contributors examines the many new processes of civil society engagement that have been introduced at the local, regional and global levels. Assessing what more can be done to strengthen the productive partnerships between civil society and global governance, the book draws on the extensive inventory of existing practices and community-based alternatives to demonstrate how particular mechanisms for civil society participation in global governance have enhanced or impeded the specific economic, environmental and political outcomes that many seek to achieve.
Author |
: Jessica Duncan |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2015-03-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317623205 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317623207 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Global Food Security Governance by : Jessica Duncan
In 2007/8 world food prices spiked and global economic crisis set in, leaving hundreds of millions of people unable to access adequate food. The international reaction was swift. In a bid for leadership, the 123 member countries of the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security (CFS) adopted a series of reforms with the aim of becoming the foremost international, inclusive and intergovernmental platform for food security. Central to the reform was the inclusion of participants (including civil society and the private sector) across all activities of the Committee. Drawing on data collected from policy documents, interviews and participant observation, this book examines the re-organization and functioning of a UN Committee that is coming to be known as a best practice in global governance. Framed by key challenges that plague global governance, the impact and implication of increased civil society engagement are examined by tracing policy negotiations within the CFS, in particular, policy roundtables on smallholder sensitive investment and food price volatility and negotiations on the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, and the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition. The author shows that through their participation in the Committee, civil society actors are influencing policy outcomes. Yet analysis also reveals that the CFS is being undermined by other actors seeking to gain and maintain influence at the global level. By way of this analysis, this book provides empirically-informed insights into increased participation in global governance processes.