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The Gloss of Harmony: The Politics of Policy-Making in Multilateral Organisations
Birgit Müller (Ed.)
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Description for The Gloss of Harmony: The Politics of Policy-Making in Multilateral Organisations
Paperback. Identifies the micro-social processes and complexities within multilateral organisations which have, up to now, been largely invisible. Editor(s): Muller, Birgit. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHMC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
The Gloss of Harmony focuses on agencies of the United Nations, examining the paradox of entrusting relatively powerless and underfunded organisations with the responsibility of tackling some of the essential problems of our time. The book shows how international organisations shape the world in often unexpected and unpredictable ways.
The authors of this collection look not only at the official objectives and unintended consequences of international governance but also at how international organisations involve collective and individual actors in policy making, absorb critique, attempt to neutralise political conflict and create new political fields with local actors and ... Read more
The Gloss of Harmony focuses on agencies of the United Nations, examining the paradox of entrusting relatively powerless and underfunded organisations with the responsibility of tackling some of the essential problems of our time. The book shows how international organisations shape the world in often unexpected and unpredictable ways.
The authors of this collection look not only at the official objectives and unintended consequences of international governance but also at how international organisations involve collective and individual actors in policy making, absorb critique, attempt to neutralise political conflict and create new political fields with local actors and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745333748
SKU
V9780745333748
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About Birgit Müller (Ed.)
Birgit Muller is a senior researcher at the CNRS and teaches at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in Paris. She is the author of many books including Disenchantment with Market Economics (Berghahn Books, 2008) and The Gloss of Harmony (Pluto, 2013).
Reviews for The Gloss of Harmony: The Politics of Policy-Making in Multilateral Organisations
'This fascinating book is an anthropological foray into international institutions'
Sally Engle Merry, author of Human Rights and Gender Violence 'Highly recommended'
Tania Murray Li, author 'The Will to Improve' 'Brings new perspectives in the anthropology of transnational organisations'
Marc Abélès, Research Director CNRS/EHESS Paris, author of 'The Politics of Survival' 'These ethnographic studies shed valuable light ... Read more
Sally Engle Merry, author of Human Rights and Gender Violence 'Highly recommended'
Tania Murray Li, author 'The Will to Improve' 'Brings new perspectives in the anthropology of transnational organisations'
Marc Abélès, Research Director CNRS/EHESS Paris, author of 'The Politics of Survival' 'These ethnographic studies shed valuable light ... Read more