The gloss of harmony the politics of policy-making in multilateral organisations / edited by Birgit Müller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Müller, Birgit.

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Anthropology, culture, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Nations Unies.

Policy sciences.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Local Subjects:

United Nations.

Nations Unies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Gloss of Harmony focuses on agencies of the United Nations, examining the paradox of entrusting relatively powerless and underfunded organisations with the responsibility of tackling some of the essential problems of our time. The book shows how international organisations shape the world in often unexpected and unpredictable ways. The authors of this collection look not only at the official objectives and unintended consequences of international governance but also at how international organisations involve collective and individual actors in policy making, absorb critique, attempt to neutralise political conflict and create new political fields with local actors and national governments. The Gloss of Harmony identifies the micro-social processes and complexities within multilateral organisations which have, up to now, been largely invisible. This book will have wide appeal not only to students and academics in anthropology, business studies and sociology but also to all practitioners concerned with international governance.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Series Preface""; ""1. Introduction - Lifting the Veil of Harmony: Anthropologists Approach International Organisations - Birgit Muller""; ""Part I: Making a World that is Governable""; ""2. The Power of Perseverance - Regina F. Bendix""; ""3. The Making of Global Consensus - Marion Fresia""; ""4. The Politics of Technicality - Peter Bille Larsen""; ""Part II: Diluting Conflict - Creating Harmony""; ""5. Before Audit Culture - Jane K. Cowan""; ""6. Politics of Shame - Tobias Kelly""; ""7. Entangled in Artefacts - Brigitta Hauser-Schaublin""

""Part III: Participation and Actor Building Across Scales""""8. 'We Indigenous Peoples...' - Irene Bellier""; ""9. The Loss of Harmony - Birgit Muller""; ""10. Nature for Money - Kenneth Iain MacDonald""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 14, 2013).

ISBN:

9781849649490

1849649499

9781849649483

1849649480

OCLC:

866640373