Globalization and Civil Society: NGO Influence in International Decision-Making

Discussion Paper No. 83, April 1997

Riva Krut, with the assistance of Kristin Howard, Eric Howard, Harris Gleckman and Danielle Pattison

• Preface
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• 1. Introduction
• The Fate of Democracy in an Age of Globalization
• The State and Civil Society in Global Governance
• 2. Participation and Representation
• What is an "NGO"?
• Who do NGOs Represent?
• The alphabet soup
• NGOs in Global Governance: The UN Experience
• The State of Civil Society in Global Governance
• Chorus or cacophony of voices?
• UN global conferences
• New UN needs from CSOs
• Power relations within the NGO community
• Alliances
• The revolution of power
• Business groups as CSOs/NGOs
• Representing issues and/or constituents
• Changes in the CSO Community
• NGOs and the New International Economic Agenda
• Conclusion
• 3. Access
• A Fast Track or a Slow Roll?
• NGO Access to UN Decision-Making and Global Conferences
• New Experiments with Access to International Political Governance
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• A door ajar at the World Bank?
• Closed Doors in Other International Fora
• The World Trade Organization
• The International Organization for Standardization
• Transnational corporations
• Conclusion
• 4. Strategies and Impact
• National Level Lobbying and Influence
• At the United Nations
• Framing the issues for international UN conferences
• Participation: NGOs on government delegations
• Winning friends and influencing people
• Building capacity at the NGO Forum
• Monitoring, implementation and follow-up
• Partnerships with intergovernmental agencies
• Beyond the UN: The Application of Legal Régimes
• Tribunals
• Codes of conduct
• Court actions
• New Processes for Co-ordinating Impact on Global Governance
• New technology
• Networks
• Participatory democracy
• 5. Conclusions and Trends

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