NGOs, the UN, and Global Governance

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

CONTENTS

Foreword—Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.

Pluralizing Global Governance: Analytical Approaches and Dimensions—the Editors.

NGOS IN ACTION.

Reality Check: Human Rights NGOs Confront Governments at the UN—F.D. Gaer.

NGOs and the UN System in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies:Conflict or Cooperation?—A.S. Natsios.

The Bureaucracy and the Free Spirits: Stagnation and Innovation in the Relationship Between the UN and NGOs—A. Donini.

Greening the UN: Environmental Organizations and the UN System—K. Conca.

IGO-NGO Relations and HIV/AIDS: Innovation or Stalemate?—C. Jonsson and P. Soderholm.

Engendering World Conferences: The International Women's Movement and the UN—M.A. Chen.

CROSS-CUTTING THEMES AND PROCESSES.

Scaling Up the Grassroots and Scaling Down the Summit: The Relations Between Third World NGOs and the UN—P. Uvin.

Coordinate? Cooperate? Harmonize? NGO Policy and Operational Coalitions—C. Ritchie.

Partners in Development? The State, NGOs, and the UN in Central America—P. Sollis.

CONCLUSIONS.

NGO Participation in the International Policy Process—the Editors.