NGOs, the UN, and global governance / edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Leon Gordenker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiss, Thomas G., editor.

Gordenker, Leon, editor.

Series:

Emerging global issues.

Emerging Global Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-governmental organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [1996]

Summary:

A comprehensive exploration and analysis of the role of NGOs in the international arena.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Part 1 Theoretical Framework

1 Pluralizing Global Governance: Analytical Approaches and Dimensions

Part 2 NGOs in Action

2 Reality Check: Human Rights NGOs Confront Governments at the UN

3 NGOs and the UN System in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Conflict or Cooperation?

4 The Bureaucracy and the Free Spirits: Stagnation and Innovation in the Relationship Between the UN and NGOs

5 Greening the UN: Environmental Organisations and the UN System

6 IGO-NGO Relations and HIV/AIDS: Innovation or Stalemate?

7 Engendering World Conferences: The International Women's Movement and the UN

Part 3 Cross-Cutting Themes and Processes

8 Scaling Up the Grassroots and Scaling Down the Summit: The Relations Between Third World NGOs and the UN

9 Coordinate? Cooperate? Harmonise? NGO Policy and Operational Coalitions

10 Partners in Development? The State, NGOs, and the UN in Central America

Part 4 Conclusions

11 NGO Participation in the International Policy Process

List of Acronyms

Annotated Bibliography

About the Authors

Index

About the Book

Books in the Series

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 13, 2022).

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-68585-598-9

OCLC:

1338019857