International Commissions and the Power of Ideas Edited By Ramesh Thakur, Andrew F. Cooper, and John English Published by United Nations University Press
International Commissions provide a catalyst for turning ideas into policy initiatives.
The Brandt, Bruntland, Kosovo, the Commission on Global Governance, and the International Commission on Global Governance all provide a means for turning good ideas into action plans. However as an expression of the power of ideas they remain under-analyzed.
A new book published by United Nations University Press and set to be launched in June, International Commissions and the Power of Ideas, looks at the role of international commissions as providing an inter connected process shaping the mind – and the architectural body –of global governance. On the one hand the book looks at commissions in a generalized context and the impact that they have and the part they play in creating initiatives, and on the other provides detailed analysis of the character and record, style and substance of individual commissions.
The book is edited by Ramesh Thakur, Senior vice rector, United nations University, Tokyo, Japan and Assistant Secretary-general United Nations; Andrew F. Cooper, Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, and Associate Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation; and John English, Executive Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada.
Contributors to the volume are:
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Publication date: June 2005
Page count: 350
Paperback
ISBN: 928081110X
List price: US$45.00
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