Book Reviews : INTERNATIONAL POLITICS S. Hasan Ahmad. The United Nations and the Colonies. Bombay: Asia, 1974. Pp. 458. Price Rs. 48.00

1975 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-318
Author(s):  
K.P. Saksena
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
The United Nations

Book Reviews

2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-397
Author(s):  
Mihály Laki ◽  
Beáta Huszka
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Development Economics ◽  
International Economics ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Transitional Economies ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Economics Research

R. J. McIntyre and B. Dallago (eds): Small and Medium Enterprises in Transitional Economies. Palgrave Macmillan in association with the United Nations University / World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2003, 259 pp. (Reviewed by Mihály Laki); S. S. Bhalla: Imagine There's No Country. Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in the Era of Globalisation. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 2002, 248 pp. (Reviewed by Beáta Huszka)

Redefining the Issues: NGO Influence on International Forest Negotiations

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
International Forest Policy ◽  
Environmental Challenge

How successful have nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) been in influencing international forest policy? Specifically, how effective have they been at altering the texts of international forest policy declarations and agreements? This paper studies NGO efforts to influence international forest policy from the mid-1980s, when deforestation first emerged as an international environmental challenge, to 2001 when the United Nations Forum on Forests was created. This paper demonstrates that, in the short term, NGOs are more effective when they: 1. involve themselves in the early stages of negotiations, 2. suggest substantive and procedural ideas that are already well-known in fora outside forest politics, and 3. align their suggestions with the prevailing neoliberal discourse of international politics. The paper suggests that such conditions can be rather limited and thus speculates about NGO efforts within a longer time frame.

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