Who's Running This Show, Anyway?
Governance - the word has become common currency. Does the world dance to the tune of an unelected few? Who holds those who 'governance' us to account and how legitimate are their decisions? While such questions are being pondered worldwide in universities, research centres and think tanks, practitioners on the ground - politicians, business-people and other members of civil society - are grappling with the very real challenges of the 21st century.
The state, the corporate world and NGOs are gradually recognizing the need for concerted efforts in the pursuit of global peace, economic stability, health and human dignity. No simple process, this; for power is not equally distributed and interests, credos and agendas diverge. Partnerships, however, are the order of the day. Many are already in operation; others are revving up. Hope for the future?
The Partnership Principle contains 38 contributions from internationally renowned experts on different aspects of governance: from security and peacekeeping to human rights and international justice; from the fight against poverty, disease and corruption to sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. This book is compelling reading for anyone seeking traces of the future in the present!
The partnership principle
Josef Ackermann
THE ART OF GOVERNANCING: BECOMING PRAGMATIC BEDFELLOWS
The global view
Marriages of convenience - but marriages nonetheless
John Ruggie
The power and legitimacy of government networks
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Everybody's business: accountability, partnerships, and the future of global governance
Thorsten Benner and Jan Martin Witte
New frontiers in partnerships
Michael Ignatieff
A new issue, a new partnership, a new tool
Ernst Ligteringen and Paul Hohnen
Global governance: malevolent or benevolent interdependence?
Benjamin R. Barber
The primacy of people in a world of nations
Betty Sue Flowers
Good governance in the Arab world
Amr Hamzawy
Partnership and trust
Charles Handy
The business contribution
A corporate contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS
Jurgen E. Schrempp
A fair share of responsibility
Henning Kagermann
Plugged into society
Paolo Scaroni
Global partnership from a business perspective
J.T. Battenberg III
The civil society contribution
Flight or fight? NGOs, business and the state in an interconnected world
Claus Leggewie
Partnership for change: shareholder advocacy and the faith community
Patricia Wolf
Coalition building - the secret of success
Peter Eigen
Politics and the people - case study Germany
Manfred Güllner
THE ART OF TACKLING ISSUES: POOLING KNOW-HOW
Sustainability
Partners, governance and governments
Stephan Schmidheiny
Environment and sustainability: looking to the future
Kader Asmal
The rules of the game
Daniel Yergin
Poverty and disease
Getting priorities right
Jeffery D. Sachs
Partnering with the private sector in development
Mark Malloch Brown
Development aid - the real story
Rupert Neudeck
Human rights
The good fight
Irene Khan
Strange times for human rights
Mary Robinson
Security and peace
Peacekeeping today
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
An era of repressive globalism
Mary Kaldor
The unraveling of the transatlantic partnership
Robert Kagan
States the private sector and the international criminal court
Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Saving humanity from hell
Shashi Tharoor
On illiberal democracy and the power of a hegemon
Fareed Zakaria
The Internet
Rethinking global internet governance
Zoë Baird and Stefaan Verhulst
Economics
Governing EU economic space
Mario Monti
The G2: the best way to go
C. Fred Bergsten
No-choice collaboration: capital markets in the governance revolution
Jonathon Porritt
Prosper thy neighbour: community building in South East Asia
Ong Keng Yong
Nigeria: from land of corruption to a model for Africa
Olusegun Obasanjo
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