Making Global Institutions Work

Name: Making Global Institutions Work
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Making Global Institutions WorkAuthor(s): Kate Brennan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138289475, 978-1138289475\nSynopsis\nThis book seeks to think differently about what we recognize as \""global institutions\"" and how they could work better for the people who need them most. By so doing, the contributions show that there is a group of institutions that influence enough peoples lives in significant enough ways through what they protect, provide or enable that they should be considered, together, as global institutions. \n\nThe United Nations, the World Bank, the internet as well as private military and security companies leave a heavy footprint on the social, political and economic landscape of the planet. We are all aware in different ways of the existence of these global institutions but their importance in achieving change in the twenty-first century is often underestimated. \n\nIn this book, contributors s.