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Towards multipolarity? : new models for international cooperation


Document type: lecture
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Abstract: After World War II, multilateral organisations were the main channel for cooperation by their member states. Many of these international institutions have been unable to address new challenges and are having difficulty adjusting to geopolitical shifts, new forms of civil society organisation, expanding power of global corporations, and growing numbers of overlapping regional and sub-regional institutions. In this fluid multipolar setting, how can states, NGOs, corporations and citizens collaborate on issues that require global cooperation? Will states cede some of their authority to supranational organisations or will participation remain essentially voluntary? Are new forms of international cooperation emerging in which the role of the state may be secondary to other social actors? How might existing international organisations evolve to fill new roles? , After World War II, multilateral organisations were the main channel for cooperation by their member states. Many of these international institutions have been unable to address new challenges and are having difficulty adjusting to geopolitical shifts, new forms of civil society organisation, expanding power of global corporations, and growing numbers of overlapping regional and sub-regional institutions. In this fluid multipolar setting, how can states, NGOs, corporations and citizens collaborate on issues that require global cooperation? Will states cede some of their authority to supranational organisations or will participation remain essentially voluntary? Are new forms of international cooperation emerging in which the role of the state may be secondary to other social actors? How might existing international organisations evolve to fill new roles?
Authors: Savedoff, W. , Savedoff, W.
Series Title: SID-NL Lecture Series 2011-2012 : “The State in a Globalizing World. Problematic, yet indispensable” , SID-NL Lecture Series 2011-2012 : “The State in a Globalizing World. Problematic, yet indispensable”
Category: General , General
Keywords: globalization , international cooperation , political conditions , globalization , international cooperation , political conditions
Language: eng , eng
Organization: SID NL - Society for International Development Netherlands Chapter , SID NL - Society for International Development Netherlands Chapter
PAGE: 3 , 3
Place: [The Hague] , [The Hague]
Publisher: SID NL , SID NL
Year: 2012 , 2012
Region: Global , Global
Right: © 2012 SID NL , © 2012 SID NL
Subject: Social and Political Change , Social and Political Change
Title: Towards multipolarity? : new models for international cooperation , Towards multipolarity? : new models for international cooperation