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'Globalisation führt zu weitreichende Strukturen gegenseitiger Abhängigkeiten im internationalen System. In vielen Bereichen sind lokale nationale Lösungen nicht mehr realisierbar. Dies gilt für divergierende Bereiche wie dem internationalen Frieden und der internationalen Sicherheit, dem Umweltschutz sowie für die internationale Wirtschaft und dem Schutz der Menschenrechte. Ohne Global Governance können weder die allgemeinen Menschheitsprobleme noch viele nationale Probleme gelöst werden. Erste Anstrengungen, einen Institutionen- und Gesetzesrahmen zu entwickeln, um Globalisierung in ihren unterschiedlichen Formen bewältigen zu können, haben begonnen worden. Die Strukturen der Global Governance sind jedoch noch unterentwickelt. Ein gemeinsames nachhaltiges Engagement von staatlichen und nichtstaatlichen Akteuren ist dringend erforderlich. Ein Nord-Süd Dialog zu Global Governance, gemeinsam organisiert durch die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) und der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), soll diese Anstrengungen unterstützen. Diese beiden Stiftungen haben eine Reihe internationaler Konferenzen organisiert, die die wichtigsten Forschungseinrichtungen auf dem Gebiet der internationalen Politik aus den Ländern des Südens sowie des Nordens miteinbeziehen. Ziel des Dialogs ist es, konkrete Maße und Probleme von Global Governance zu erforschen. Was muß getan werden, um wirksame Normen für Global Governance, politische Systeme und Organisationen aufzubauen? Wie wirken sich vorhandene Richtlinien und Einrichtungen in diesen unterschiedlichen Bereichen hinsichtlich Global Governance aus? Wie können sie verbessert werden? Die erste Konferenz, am 6-8 April 2000 in Ebenhausen, Deutschland, thematisierte vor allem die Sicherheitslage der Weltzentren sowie die Frage, wie Universalorganisationen wie die UNO und regionale Organisationen zusammen arbeiten können, um Global Governance hinsichtlich des Friedens und der Sicherheit zu verbessern.' (Autorenreferat)

This book assesses the forces of social struggle shaping the past and present of the global political economy from the perspective of historical materialism. Based on the philosophy of internal relations, the character of capital is understood in such a way that the ties between the relations of production, state-civil society, and conditions of class struggle can be realised. Conceiving the internal relationship of global capitalism, global war, global crisis as a struggle-driven process is a major contribution of the book providing a novel intervention on debates within theories of 'the international'. Through a set of conceptual reflections, on agency and structure and the role of discourses embedded in the economy, class struggle is established as our point of departure. This involves analysing historical and contemporary themes on the expansion of capitalism through uneven and combined development (global capitalism), the role of the state and geopolitics (global war), and conditions of exploitation and resistance (global crisis). The conceptual reflections and thematic considerations raised earlier in the book are then extended in a series of empirical interventions. These in

Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations -- Copyright -- Contents -- Overview of the Project -- BACKGROUND AND REVIEW OF THE STUDY PROCESS -- AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT -- Agreement on the Importance of Effective MNC Management -- Agreement on the Correlation Between Business Success and Contributions to Host Countries -- Agreement on the Trend Toward Interdependent Firms and Economies -- Disagreement on the Role of the Policy Environment -- Disagreement Over Whether Convergence in Business Systems and Economic Regulation is Desirable or Necessary -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- Report of the U.S. Working Group -- 1 U.S. Working Group Conclusions, Recommendations, and Executive Summary -- BENEFITS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT -- Recommendations -- EQUAL ACCESS AND NEW RULES OF THE ROAD -- Recommendations -- BEST PRACTICES -- Recommendation -- UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING OUR DIFFERENCES -- Recommendations -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 2 Multinational Corporations and the Changing Global Environment -- OPPORTUNITIES -- CHALLENGES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE U.S.-JAPAN LEADERSHIP FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 3 Foreign Direct Investment and the U.S.-Japan Economic and Technological Relationship -- THE PRE WORLD WAR II PERIOD -- U.S. MNCS IN JAPAN -- JAPANESE MNCS IN THE UNITED STATES -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 4 U.S. and Japanese MNCs and the Shape of Global Competition -- A GLOBAL ECONOMY: WHO'S TURNING TOWARD ASIA? -- GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY: ACCESSING AND UTILIZING TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES WORLDWIDE -- MNC Access to Host Country Technological Capabilities -- The Supplier Base -- Strategic Alliances -- GLOBAL CORPORATIONS: MANAGEMENT VISION AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 5 Defining Rights and Responsibilities -- MNC RIGHTS: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICIES.

This book offers a concise and accessible overview and analysis of the place of large multinational and regional corporations in the political economy of global governance. May argues that not only do corporations have an impact on the institutions of global governance, but they must be understood as a multifaceted institution of global governance in their own right, controlling and shaping significant aspects of the global political economy. Topics include: What are global corporations? Corporations and global governance, The legal personality of the corporation, Corporations and power, Corporations and tax, The future role of corporations in a post crisis global system, Highlighting the central role of corporations in the generation and reproduction of norms in global governance, this work shows that corporations{u0092} practices and relations are themselves both subjects, and sources of, global governance. It offers an enhanced understanding of the complex of issues that pattern the corporate global governance in the contemporary political economy and will be of interest to students in areas including IPE, global governance and international organizations.

Civic engagement takes place in various forms. From a regulatory point of view, strengthening civic engagement in development policy is particularly important because state funding can provide meaningful support for community involvement and strengthen it in terms of achieving development policy goals. In order to bundle government offers to support civic engagement in development policy under a common organisational umbrella, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development established Engagement Global in 2012 as a non-profit limited liability company.
The reason for the present institutional evaluation was the increasing political relevance of civic, civil society and municipal development policy engagement, which has also been reflected in a strong increase in funding in recent years. The subject of the evaluation was
Engagement Global as an organisation with its structures, processes and portfolio of different
programmes and their outcomes. The evaluation thus contributes to the institutional development of Engagement Global. The recommendations are intended to strengthen its capacity to act and to improve its support services.

"In the immediate post-Apartheid period many commentators gave the country, and the newly elected African National Congress (ANC) government, short shrift. Whilst there was a predominant air of hope an underlying 'Afro-pessimism' was prevalent. Now, after more than 10 years of sustained - albeit fairly sedentary - economic expansion and a recent acceleration in the growth trajectory opinions are being revised. This re-evaluation is naturally supported by the government. But significant domestic problems remain. These problems play out in South Africa's approach to global economic and political relations, and underpin the analysis in this report. How might these dynamics play out in specific 'global structural domains' in the future? This report is structured as follows: Part two considers South Africa in the global and African contexts. It begins by reviewing South Africa's integration into and prospects in the global economy. Then it considers the domestic socio-economic dynamics within which economic and social policy is formulated and charts the broad contours of economic policy since 1994. It then considers South Africa's environmental challenges and policy responses as a distinct set of challenges. It ends with a brief assessment of the country's domestic political institutions in light of the policy challenges outlined in the previous sections. Part three considers the South African government's views on and stances towards key global governance issues. It begins with a substantive overview of the country's evolving foreign policy in general, then considers a number of different issues in the global governance terrain. It then focuses specifically on global trade governance via the World Trade Organization, and situates this within a discussion of South Africa's broader trade strategy encompassing regional dynamics and bilateral negotiations. Part four briefly outlines the contours of German-South African relations and highlights some challenges in the relationship moving forward. Part five identifies key risk factors facing the South African government and, via a simple scenario exercise indicates possible avenues for deployment of German development assistance in order to assist the South African government to address those challenges." (excerpt)