Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, And The Future Of Global Governance

Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, And The Future Of Global Governance
by Wolfgang H. Reinicke And Francis Deng

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The new global environment requires new approaches, new ideas and innovative tools to address new challenges in areas as different as weapons control, climate change, genetic engineering, and labor standards. Critical Choices looks at one such tool: global public policy networks. In these networks, governments, international organizations, the corporate sector and civil society join together to achieve what none can accomplish on its own. The authors explore both the promises and the limitations of this new form of global cooperation. They discuss how such networks might contribute to better manage the risks and make use of the opportunities that globalization presents. Finally, they offer provocative advice and solid recommendations on how the United Nations can foster such networks in the years ahead.

From the Inside Flap
'Critical Choices outlines promising ways of how global public policy networks can help to meet the governance challenges of the 21st century and equips policymakers with a practical toolbox to manage globalization. It is in the interest of governments to engage in these "coalitions for change" to better be able to meet their responsibilities toward their citizens.'
-- Caio Koch-Weser (State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany)

'Critical Choices breaks new ground on how to forge partnerships to better meet the challenge of making globalization work for all -- North and South. It is a must-read for everyone concerned with building a truly inclusive system of global governance.'
-- Sonia Picado Sotela (National Congresswoman, Costa Rica)

'Critical Choices couldn't be more timely and helpful in drawing attention to the growing importance of cross-sectoral partnerships in meeting the multiple challenges of global governance. Members of the United Nations and concerned citizens everywhere would do well to note its findings and embrace its recommendations.'
-- Tadashi Yamamoto (President, Japan Center for International Exchange)

'Critical Choices offers a working blueprint for addressing some of the key dilemmas facing governments and international organisations in a rapidly changing world. Tri-sectoral global public policy networks -- involving governments, business, and the nonprofit sector -- provide a new model for building a more dynamic, participative, and effective system of global governance.'
-- Thilo Bode (Executive Director, Greenpeace International)

'Critical Choices reaches a simple but powerful conclusion: that global public policy networks can play an increasingly important role in addressing the governance and policy issues facing the global community. This conclusion resonates with our experience in Shell, and with that of some others in the business community, that networks of diverse stakeholders can make a positive contribution in addressing complex business and societal issues.'
-- Mark Moody-Stuart (Chairman, Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies)

About the Author
Francis Deng is a Director of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks and Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Dr Deng has served as the Sudan's ambassador to Canada, the Scandanavian countries, and the United States and, from 1976 to 1980, was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Sudan. In 1992, Dr Deng was appointed as Special Representative on internally displaced persons worldwide by UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. He is a former Guest Scholar and Senior Research Associate of the Woodrow Wilson Center, a former Distinguished Fellow of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and a former Jennings Randolph Distinguished Fellow at the US Institute of Peace. . Wolfgang H. Reinicke is a Director of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks and Senior Partner and Senior Economist in the Corporate Strategy Group of the World Bank. From 1991 to 1998, Dr Reinicke was Senior Scholar at the Brooking Institution. He has also worked for the US Agency for International Development, the US National Academy of Sciences, Roland Berger (Munich), and the Dresdner Bank (London). Dr Reinicke is a fellow of the World Economic Forum and an advisor to several European and US foundations. He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, and has held teaching positions at several universities in the United States. Jan Martin Witte is a Research Associate with the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks and a graduate student at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Thorsten Benner is a Research Associate with the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks and a Research Fellow with the German Society for Foreign Affairs in Berlin. Beth Whitaker is a Research Associate with the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks and a Senior Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. John Gershman is a Research Associate with the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks and a visiting graduate student at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

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