Critical choices : the United Nations, networks, and the future of global governance / Wolfgang H. Reinicke and Francis Deng ; with Jan Martin Witte [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138).

Foreword / Maureen O'Neil -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. A Changing External Environment -- Economic and political liberalization -- Technological change -- The multidimensional impacts of liberalization and technological change -- Complexity and the risks of a partial view -- The participatory gap -- States, international organizations, and the imperative of change -- Ch. 3. What Do Networks Do? -- A primer on networks -- Placing issues on the global agenda -- Negotiating and setting standards and regulations -- Developing and disseminating knowledge -- Making and deepening markets -- Implementing ideas and decisions -- Closing the participatory gap -- Ch. 4. Network Management -- Getting the network off the ground -- Balancing adequate consultation and goal delivery -- Securing sustainable funding -- Maintaining the "structure" in structured informality -- Finding allies outside one's sector -- Tackling the dual challenge of inclusion -- Ch. 5. Networks and the United Nations -- From vision to reality: a three-track approach -- Roles for the United Nations in GPP networks -- Making the United Nations fit for GPP networks -- Ch. 6. Conclusion -- App. 2. Case Studies of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks.