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- Title
Searching for Democratic Potential in Emerging Global Governance: What Are the Implications of Regional and Global Involvements of Local Governments?
- Authors
Alger, Chadwick F.
- Abstract
Increasing involvement of local governments in global governance is a result of changes in the missions of both global and local government organizations. For example, the UN System mission has extended inside the borders of states as a result of its Millennium Development Goals and its Mission to Protect; and local governments are now engaged in a movement to spread democratic local governments worldwide. For many years there have been global and global region organizations of local governments. Some local government organizations that cross state borders focus on specific issues such as peace, recycling and environment. Efforts are being made to coordinate these organizations through a World Association of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination (WACLAC). There is now a UN Advisory Committee on Local Authorities. The First World Conference on City Diplomacy was held in June 2008. This paper provides an overview of these, and other, developments and examines their potential for future global governance.
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL cooperation on democracy; LOCAL government; INTERNATIONAL relations; ECONOMIC development
- Publication
International Journal of Peace Studies, 2011, Vol 16, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1085-7494
- Publication type
Article