Religious Ngos At the United Nations - Polarizers Or Mediators?

Informationen zum Autor Dr Claudia Baumgart-Ochse , Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany. Prof Dr Klaus Dieter Wolf, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany. Klappentext The number of religious NGOs (RNGOs) engaging with the United Nations (UN) has grown considerably in recent years. This volume examines whether the RNGOs' involvement polarizes political debates at the UN or facilitates agreement on policy issues. Zusammenfassung The number of religious NGOs (RNGOs) engaging with the United Nations (UN) has grown considerably in recent years. This volume examines whether the RNGOs’ involvement polarizes political debates at the UN or facilitates agreement on policy issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Religious NGOs at the UN: Polarizers or mediators? 2. Religious NGOs at the UN: A quantitative overview 3. Religious NGOs at the UNFCCC: A specific contribution to global climate politics? 4. ‘And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply.’ Religious NGOs and the struggle over sexual and reproductive health and rights at the UN 5. Faith-based organizations and international development in a post-liberal world 6. Religious NGOs and the quest for a binding treaty on business and human rights 7. Reconciliation versus punishment: Religious NGOs and the International Criminal Court 8. Preventing a global blasphemy law: Religious NGOs and the ‘defamation of religions’ campaign 9. Religious NGOs at the UN: Advancing interreligious dialogue and cooperation? 10. Conclusions. Religious NGOs: Mediators between distinctiveness and alignment

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• Authors: Claudia (Peace Research Insitute F Baumgart-Ochse, Claudia Wolf Baumgart-Ochse
• Assisted by: Claudia Baumgart-Ochse (Editor), Claudia (Peace Research Insitute Frankfurt Baumgart-Ochse (Editor), Baumgart-Ochse Claudia (Editor), Klaus Dieter Wolf (Editor), Klaus Dieter (Peace Research Insitute Frankfurt Wolf (Editor), Wolf Klaus Dieter (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780815362821
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6282-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics; Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), International institutions, United Nations & Un Agencies