Religion, NGOs, and the United Nations: visible and invisible actors in power
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Detailed Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Religion, the United Nations and Institutional Process -- Approaching religion, NGO s and the UN -- Early studies of religion at t...
| Summary: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Detailed Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Religion, the United Nations and Institutional Process -- Approaching religion, NGO s and the UN -- Early studies of religion at the UN -- Continuation not resurgence: disciplinary politics and religion at the UN -- The United Nations, religion and process -- Outline of the book -- Part One Methods: Context, Categories and Conditions -- 1 Realism and Idealism: NGOs and the United Nations System -- The role of the UN in world affairs: theories of engagement -- The UN as an arena -- The UN as an actor -- The UN as a tool -- Conclusion: NGO s and values -- 2 The Problem of Categories: Exploring Religion and NGOs through Survey Research -- Locating 'religion' in NGO s -- The survey -- The category 'non-governmental' -- 3 Representation, Accountability and Influence at the UN: Results from the Survey of Religious NGOs -- Religion and representation at the UN -- Accountability: agenda setting and fi nancial support -- Conclusion -- 4 Religious NGOs, UN Participation and Fieldwork Methodology -- UN bodies, services and agencies concerned with religious NGO activities -- What can be regarded as an 'NGO' at the UN? The criterion of the 'consultative status' -- Who is granting or suspending the 'consultative status' of NGOs? -- For what kind of 'safe conduct' is the 'consultative status' standing for? -- Observing the 'processes of action': the epistemological framework of our study of the RNGOs eff ective presence and concrete activities at the UN -- Part Two Processes: Religious NGOs in Geneva and New York -- 5 On and Behind the Scene: Religious NGO Processes at the OHCHR of the UN in Geneva -- The diversity of the Religious NGO activities at the UN: mapping the processes. Focus on the RNGOs processes of activities at OHCHR -- Measuring the level of RNGOs activity through legally-based processes -- Case of legally- based process (1) the RNGOs written statements at the Human Rights Council -- Case of legally- based process (2) the RNGOs parallel or sides-events at the HRC -- Observing the RNGOs operations by adaptive processes -- Case of adaptive process (1) Networking processes -- Case of adaptive process (2) Informal diplomacy and communication -- Case of adaptive process (3) Ad hoc 'breaking wall' processes -- Case of adaptive process (4) Educational processes -- Case of adaptive process (5) Religious processes -- Conclusion: how efficient are these processes? -- 6 Blessing or Bother? Religion and Religious NGOs at the UN in New York -- What religion? Or religion - the forgotten category? -- The contested role of religion at the UN -- RNGOs at the UN headquarters in New York -- RNGO processes and the UN in New York -- Conclusion: the value of partnerships -- Part Three Case Studies: The Centre and the Periphery of UN Civil Society -- 7 Islam, the OIC and the Defamation of Religions Controversy -- Islam at the UN -- The Organisation of Islamic States -- The Defamation of Religions controversy: a case study -- Conclusion -- 8 Catholicism at the United Nations in New York -- The Vatican and the Holy See: historical background -- Problematic ties: criticism and opponents of the Catholic Church -- Catholic civil society presence at the UN -- Conclusion: diversity and presence -- 9 Hindu and Buddhist NGO s and the United Nations -- NGO dynamics and the UN : push-pull factors -- Constraining dynamics -- Facilitating dynamics -- Internal mechanisms and global culture -- Conclusion: UN reform, plurality and 'religious' NGO s -- Conclusion: Diplomacy, State Power and Irrational Religion Diplomatic theory: the place of religion in the international system -- The place of religion in the UN -- The role of religion in the foreign policies of member states -- The role of religions in state foreign policies: summary -- The influence of religious NGO s in the UN : diplomats' views -- Conclusion: in-country politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 1350020370 |