Critical Choices
The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Governance
Edited by Wolfgang H. Reinicke ,  Francis Deng ,  Jan Martin Witte ,  Thorsten Benner ,  Beth Whitaker ,  John Gershman
Paper: 978 0 88936 921 4
Price: $14.95  

Publisher: IDRC Books
July 2000 , 140 pp., 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"
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.

Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A Changing External Environment: Economic and political liberalization; Technological change; The multidimensional impacts of liberalization and technological change; The geographic dimension and the territoriality trap; The time dimension and intergenerational equity; Complexity and the risks of a partial view; The participatory gap; States, international organizations, and the imperatives of change
Chapter 3. What do Networks Do? A primer on networks; Placing issues on the global agenda; Negotiating and setting standards and regulations; Developing and disseminating knowledge; Making and deepening markets; Implementing ideas and decisions; Closing the participatory gap
Chapter 4. Network Management :.Getting networks off the ground; Combining balanced consultation with delivery; Securing sustainable funding; Maintaining structured informality; Finding allies outside one's own sector; The dual challenge of inclusion
Chapter 5. Networks and the United Nations:. From vision to reality: a three-track approach; Roles for the United Nations in global public policy networks; Making the United Nations fit for
global public policy networks; Mechanisms for issue prioritization and coordination
Chapter 6. Conclusion


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