Modernizing the United Nations System: Civil Society''s Role in Moving from International Relations to Global Governance

Modernizing the United Nations System: Civil Society''s Role in Moving from International Relations to Global Governance
ISBN-10
3866499108
ISBN-13
9783866499102
Category
Political Science
Pages
303
Language
English
Published
2007-06-20
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Author
John E. Trent

Description

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.

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