New Global Agenda (eBook)

Priorities, Practices, and Pathways of the International Community

Diana Ayton-Shenker (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
304 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0603-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A New Global Agenda explores the most compelling issues of our time, highlighting key strategies, initiatives, and calls to action. To catalyze regenerative solutions for People, Society, and Planet, this text engages visionary thought leaders, advocates, and innovators spanning international policy, academia, private sector, and civil society.

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A New Global Agenda: Priorities, Practices, and Pathways of the International Community explores the most compelling issues of our time, highlighting key strategies, initiatives, and calls to action. Taking up where the former annual series, A Global Agenda: Issues Before the U.N., left off, this book sets the work of the U.N. in the context of cross-sectoral perspectives and multi-stakeholder partnerships. To catalyze regenerative solutions for People, Society, and Planet, A New Global Agenda engages visionary thought leaders, advocates, and innovators spanning international policy, academia, private sector, and civil society. This is a must-read for scholars, students, practitioners and global citizens shaping our world today.A New Global Agenda is edited by Diana Ayton-Shenker, editor and author of A Global Agenda: Current Issues Before the General Assembly of the United Nations (published with the United Nations Association; Rowman & Littlefield, 2002, and 2001 Editions). Ayton-Shenker is the Global Catalyst Senior Fellow at The New School, and CEO of Global Momenta.Contributions by: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Laurie Adams, Karen J. Alter, Gina Bria, Gillian Christie, Michael A. Cohen , Peter Dietrich, Hall Gardner, Russ Gaskin, Pape Amadou Gaye, Eban Goodstein, Jensine Larsen, L. Hunter Lovins, Alynna Lyon, Lars Fogh Mortensen, Alex Neve, Karen Lund Petersen, Courtney C. Radsch, Harpinder Sandhu, Lena Simet, Joel Simon, Ramesh Thakur, Gracey Vaughn , Mary R. Watson , Derek Yach, and Andrew Zolli.

Autor

Diana Ayton-Shenker is a senior fellow at The New School in New York. Named one of “25 Leading Women Changing the World” by Good Business New York, Diana is founding CEO of philanthropic strategy and social innovation firm, Global Momenta, helping private foundations, families, and ventures optimize their social impact.

Inhalt

PART I. PEOPLELegal Protection1. We do matter: A Renewed Global Agenda for Protecting Human Rights, by Alex Neve2. The Future of International Law, by Karen. J. AlterVulnerable People3. Revitalizing the International Response to Forced Migration: Principles and Policies for the “New Normal”, by T. Alexander Aleinikoff4. Women Rebuilding Societies: Resiliency from the Bottom Up, by Laurie AdamsEssential Freedoms5. Global Press Freedom in the Crosshairs, by Joel Simon6. Digital Information Access, by Courtney RadschPART II. SOCIETY Regenerative Development7. An Economy in Service to Life, by L. Hunter Lovins8. Engaging Business and Civil Society for Sustainable Development, by Lars Fogh Mortensen and Karen Lund PetersenHealth and Wellness 9. New Frontiers of Health Access, Pape Amadou Gaye and Gracey Vaughn10. Bodies of Water: The Role of Hydration in Health, Wellness and Wealth, by Gina Bria11. The Next 100 Years of Vitality: Partnering for Healthy Impact, by Derek Yach and Gillian ChristieCollaborative Leadership12. Designing the University of the Future: A New Global Agenda for Higher Education, by Mary Watson13. A New Leadership Agenda: Expanding the Practice of System Leadership, by Russ Gaskin Crowdsourcing the Feminine Intelligence of the Planet, by Jensine LarsenPART III. PLANET Resilience and Stability14. Climate Change at Thirty, by Eban Goodstein15. Biodiversity Enhanced Global Agriculture: Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services into Future Farming, by Harpinder Sandhu, Stephen D. Wratten, John R. Porter, Robert Costanza, Jules Pretty, and John P. Reganold16. Cities and the New Global Agenda: Implementation Strategies and Priorities, by Michael A. Cohen, Lena SimetSecurity and Peace17. The United Nations, New Wars and the Challenge of Peace Operations, by Alynna J. Lyon18. Nuclear Weapons and the Rules-based Global Multilateral Order, by Ramesh Thakur19. The Geopolitical Convolutions of Fighting the Global War on Terror (GWOT), by Hall Gardner20. U.S.-UN Relations and the Global Agenda: Rejecting One’s Protégé?, by Alynna J. Lyon

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.2.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 22 Illustrations including: - 3 Black & White Illustrations; - 7 Tables; - 10 Graphs; - 2 Text Boxes.
• Verlagsort: Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: Collaboration • Development • Diplomacy • edited volume • freedom • Global Citizen • Health • international • International & World Politics • International policy • Law • Leadership • legal • Peace • Practitioner • Professional • Regenerative development • Resilience • scholar • security • Society • stability • Student • UN • United Nations • Wellness
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-0603-5 / 1538106035
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-0603-7 / 9781538106037