Governance entrepreneurs: international organizations and the rise of global public-private partnerships

By:

Andonova, Liliana B

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge University Press New York 2019Description: xi, 275 pISBN:

9781316617038

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

361.26 AND

Summary: Global partnerships have transformed international institutions by creating platforms for direct collaboration with NGOs, foundations, companies and local actors. They introduce a model of governance that is decentralized, networked and voluntary, and which melds public purpose with private practice. How can we account for such substantial institutional change in a system made by states and for states? Governance Entrepreneurs examines the rise and outcomes of global partnerships across multiple policy domains: human rights, health, environment, sustainable development and children. It argues that international organizations have played a central role as entrepreneurs of such governance innovation in coalition with pro-active states and non-state actors, yet this entrepreneurship is risky and success is not assured. This is the first study to leverage comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analysis that illuminates the variable politics and outcomes of public-private partnerships across multilateral institutions, including the UN Secretariat, the World Bank, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The first large-scale comparative analysis of global public-private partnership in the multilateral system, enabling readers to understand how partnerships have changed the face of multilateral governance over the last two decades Proposes a new theory of institutional change in international relations that challenges the seeming division between state-centric and organizational theories Expands on the concept of governance entrepreneurs and the idea of a life-cycle of institutional change and innovation

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Public Policy & General Management	361.26 AND (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		002493

Table of Contents
1. Introduction: global partnerships
2. Theory of dynamic institutional change
3. The UN secretariat: crafting normative space for partnerships
4. UNEP and the World Bank: extending sustainability via partnerships
5. Partnerships for children and health
6. Conclusion – institutional diversity and global partnerships
Annex: constructing the global partnerships database.

Global partnerships have transformed international institutions by creating platforms for direct collaboration with NGOs, foundations, companies and local actors. They introduce a model of governance that is decentralized, networked and voluntary, and which melds public purpose with private practice. How can we account for such substantial institutional change in a system made by states and for states? Governance Entrepreneurs examines the rise and outcomes of global partnerships across multiple policy domains: human rights, health, environment, sustainable development and children. It argues that international organizations have played a central role as entrepreneurs of such governance innovation in coalition with pro-active states and non-state actors, yet this entrepreneurship is risky and success is not assured. This is the first study to leverage comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analysis that illuminates the variable politics and outcomes of public-private partnerships across multilateral institutions, including the UN Secretariat, the World Bank, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The first large-scale comparative analysis of global public-private partnership in the multilateral system, enabling readers to understand how partnerships have changed the face of multilateral governance over the last two decades
Proposes a new theory of institutional change in international relations that challenges the seeming division between state-centric and organizational theories
Expands on the concept of governance entrepreneurs and the idea of a life-cycle of institutional change and innovation

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