Title:	The politics of participation in sustainable development governance
Authors:	John W. Foster, Gunnar Sjo¨stedt Jessica F. Green and W. Bradnee Chambers
Keywords:	Developent
Issue Date:	2006
Publisher:	United Nations University Press
Description:	The word ‘‘participation’’ is widely used, if not over-used, in current discussions of global governance. Indeed, the word appears frequently in the outcome document of the 2005 Millenniumþ5 Summit. It is used in conjunction with developing countries, civil society, the private sector, local authorities, women and the general citizenry, always stressing the importance of promoting the participation of these groups. The call for participation is echoed in landmark documents such as the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and a host of other international agreements. Attempts to implement the UN’s commitment to collaborative efforts are further seen in initiatives such as the Global Compact, Type II partnerships and agencies such as the UN Fund for International Partnerships. While these efforts advance, critics argue that they are insufficient. As the Report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations suggests, ‘‘[j]ust when more issues demand global responses than ever before, the haphazard processes of global governance seem to generate as many contradictions as complementarities’’.1 Globalisation has greatly enhanced the need for global governance as well as the need for greater decentralisation of that governance.2 The democratic deficit of global governance persists, and it threatens to undermine the legitimacy of multilateralism.3 The protests against the WTO in Seattle, Genoa and Cancun, for example, are in effect a call for broader participation.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/27289
ISBN:	9280811339
Appears in Collections:	Environmental and Development Studies

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