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Global Institutions Series Edited by Thomas G. Weiss, The City University of New York, USA and Rorden Wilkinson, University of Manchester, UK The Global Institutions Series is edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson and designed to provide readers with comprehensive, accessible, and informative guides to the history, structure, and activities of key international organizations as well as books that deal with topics of key importance in contemporary global governance. Every volume stands on its own as a thorough and insightful treatment of a particular topic, but the series as a whole contributes to a coherent and complementary portrait of the phenomenon of global institutions at the dawn of the millennium.
The World Economic Forum A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Global Governance
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Global Poverty How Global Governance is Failing the Poor
International Labour Organization (ILO)
David Hulme, University of Manchester, UK
Coming in from the Cold
Steve Hughes, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK and Nigel Haworth, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Around 1.4 billion people presently live in extreme poverty, and yet despite this vast scale, the issue of global poverty had a relatively low international profile until the end of the 20th century. In this important new work, Hulme charts the rise of global poverty as a priority global issue, and its subsequent marginalisation as old themes edged it aside (trade policy and peace-making in regions of geo-political importance) and new issues were added (terrorism, global climate change and access to natural resources). Providing a concise and detailed overview of both the history and the current debates that surround this key issue, the book: • outlines how the notion of global poverty eradication has evolved • evaluates the institutional landscape and its ability to attack global poverty • analyses the conceptual and technical frameworks that lie behind the contemporary understanding of global poverty (including human development, dollar a day poverty and results-based management)
Geoffrey Allen Pigman
• explores the roles that major institutions have played in promoting and/or obstructing the advancement of actions to reduce poverty
2006: 216 x 138: 192pp Hb: 978-0-415-70203-4: $140.00 Pb: 978-0-415-70204-1: $25.95 eBook: 978-0-203-96275-6
• discusses the emerging issues that are re-shaping thinking, and the future prospects for global poverty eradication.
For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415702041
Forthcoming in 2011
Human Development Richard Ponzio, Department of State, USA The purpose of the book is to examine the conceptual evolution of “social development” during the postcolonial era, and see how various institutions of the UN system have tried to engage with this issue, both in terms of intellectual and technical advance, and operationally.
The first book to tackle the issue of global poverty through the lens of global institutions; this volume provides an important resource for all students and scholars of international relations, development studies and international political economy. Selected Contents: 1. The History and Geography of Global Poverty 2. Understanding and Explaining Global Poverty 3. The Institutional Landscape for Attacking Global Poverty 4. Doing Global Poverty Eradication: All Change or No Change 5. Strategic Choices for Global Poverty Eradication 6. The Future of Global Poverty: Emerging Issues in an Uncertain World 7. Why Don’t We Care About Ending Poverty 8. Moving Forward on Global Poverty: Can We Care? September 2010: 216 x 138: 288pp Hb: 978-0-415-49077-1: $140.00 Pb: 978-0-415-49078-8: $29.95 eBook: 978-0-203-84476-2 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415490788
Selected Contents: 1. Evolution of an Idea 2. From Protein Biscuits to Professorial Expertise 3. Humanitarian Enterprise 4. Hunger and Malnutrition 5. The Conquest of Disease 6. Education for All 7. Water Supplies and Sanitation 8. The Millennium Development Goals: Can They Be Achieved? 9. The Future of Human Development Institutions June 2011: 216 x 138: 176pp Hb: 978-0-415-48359-9: $110.00 Pb: 978-0-415-48360-5: $28.95 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415483605
This fresh and accessible account of the International Labour Organization provides the reader with an excellent understanding of its general purpose and structure.
Selected Contents: Introduction 1. A Brief History of the ILO 2. Structure and Organization of the ILO 3. The ILO and Globalization 4. The Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work: A New Approach to Labor Standards 5. The ILO and the WTO: The Tortuous Case of the Social Clause 6. Decent Work, Fair Globalization and Strategic Planning: Somavia’s ILO 7. The ILO at Work in the 2007 Global Economic Crisis 8. Concluding Thoughts: Whither the ILO October 2010: 216 x 138: 128pp Hb: 978-0-415-35382-3: $115.00 Pb: 978-0-415-35383-0: $28.95 eBook: 978-0-203-34764-5 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415353830
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Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics The Construction of Global Governance Peter Willetts, City University, London, UK
This accessible and informative textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the significant role and increasing participation of NGOs in World Politics, and includes an evaluation of the enhanced communication offered by the creation of the Internet.
Peter Willetts examines the variety of different NGOs, their structure, membership and activities and their complex relationship with social movements and civil society. How NGOs influence global policymaking and the status of NGOs within international law is discussed, as well as the lack of discussion of NGOs within mainstream international relations theory. This is the definitive guide to this crucial area within international politics and should be required reading for students, NGO activists and policymakers. Selected Contents: Introduction 1. NGOs, Social Movements, and Civil Society 2. The Access of NGOs to Global Policy-Making 3. The Status of NGOs in International Law 4. NGOs, Networking and the Creation of the Internet 5. Understanding the Place of NGOs in Global Politics 6. The Creation of Global Governance December 2010: 216 x 138: 208pp Hb: 978-0-415-38124-6: $130.00 Pb: 978-0-415-38125-3: $33.95 eBook: 978-0-203-83430-5 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415381253
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