The United Nations and civil society
Subtitle: legitimating global governance--whose voice?
By: Nora McKeon.
Contributors: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Publisher: Zed; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781848132740; 9781848132757; 9781848132764
Subjects: United Nations; International organization; Civil society
Description: "The UN is able to recognize key global challenges but is beset by difficulties in trying to resolve them. It represents the current global political balance but is also the only international institution that can move it forward." "Civil society can be a catalyst for this kind of change. In this book, Nora McKeon provides a comprehensive analysis of UN engagement with civil society. The book pays particular attention to food and agriculture, which now lie at the heart of global governance issues. McKeon shows that politically meaningful space for civil society can be introduced into UN policy dialogue. The United Nations and Civil Society also makes the case that it is only by engaging with organizations which legitimately speak for the 'poor' that the UN can promote equitable, sustainable development and build global democracy from the ground up." "This book has strong ramifications for global governance, civil society and social movements, as well as for the contemporary debate over the future of food."--Jacket.
Notes: "UNRISD"--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.