Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Foreword 7
4. Preface 13
5. Part 1 Theoretical Framework
6. 1 Pluralizing Global Governance: Analytical Approaches and Dimensions 17
7. Part 2 NGOs in Action
8. 2 Reality Check: Human Rights NGOs Confront Governments at the UN 51
9. 3 NGOs and the UN System in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Conflict or Cooperation? 67
10. 4 The Bureaucracy and the Free Spirits: Stagnation and Innovation in the Relationship Between the UN and NGOs 83
11. 5 Greening the UN: Environmental Organisations and the UN System 103
12. 6 IGO-NGO Relations and HIV/AIDS: Innovation or Stalemate? 121
13. 7 Engendering World Conferences: The International Women's Movement and the UN 139
14. Part 3 Cross-Cutting Themes and Processes
15. 8 Scaling Up the Grassroots and Scaling Down the Summit: The Relations Between Third World NGOs and the UN 159
16. 9 Coordinate? Cooperate? Harmonise? NGO Policy and Operational Coalitions 177
17. 10 Partners in Development? The State, NGOs, and the UN in Central America 189
18. Part 4 Conclusions
19. 11 NGO Participation in the International Policy Process 209
20. List of Acronyms 223
21. Annotated Bibliography 227
22. About the Authors 241
23. Index 245
24. About the Book 249
25. Books in the Series 250