Development Issues in Global Governance - Public-Private Partnerships and Market Multilateralism

Informationen zum Autor Benedicte Bull is Senior Researcher at SUM (Centre for Development and the Environment), University of Oslo, Norway. Desmond McNeill is Research Professor, and former Director, also at SUM, University of Oslo, Norway. Klappentext This is a new study of how and why multilateral organizations are increasingly working with private actors, including for-profit companies and corporations; business organizations and private foundations. Zusammenfassung This is a new study of how and why multilateral organizations are increasingly working with private actors, including for-profit companies and corporations; business organizations and private foundations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Market Multilateralism: The Transformation of an Institutional Form 2. Legitimacy and Authority in Global Governance 3. The Rise of Private Sector Involvement in the Multilateral System 4. The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Quest for Health for All: The Cases of GAVI and the Global Fund 5. Tripartism Meets CSR: The ILO and Partnerships Against Child Labor 6. UNESCO and the Software Industry: Bridging the Digital Divide or Completing the Unfinished Business of the United States? 7. Water for All? The World Bank and Public-Private Partnerships with Water Companies 8. Conclusion: Market Multilateralism and the Legitimacy of the Multilateral System

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• Authors: Benedicte Bull, Benedicte (University of Oslo Bull, Desmond Mcneill, Desmond (University of Oslo Mcneill, Desmond Bull Mcneill, MCNEILL DESMOND BULL BENEDICTE
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2006
• EAN: 9780415393157
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39315-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Routledge Studies in Globalisation; Routledge Studies in Globalisation
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalisierung, Internationale Beziehungen, Soziale und ethische Themen