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transnational policy networks and International Nongovvernmental Organizations as human security agents

Articles

• Τζιφάκης, Νικόλαος
• Τζιφάκης, Νικόλαος

Public and private actors systematically consult, cooperate and coordinate their efforts to promote human security within transnational policy networks. The article analyses the operation of these networks, focusing on the participation of International NGOs (INGOs). It argues that the contribution of INGOs (and by extension other private actors) to the resolution of international problems is not constant and uniform across time and space. It is instead differentiated from one case to another and determined by the functions that these actors are called to perform, as well as by the structures of the policy networks in which they participate.

• Sociology

• Κοινωνιολογία

transnational policy networks, INGOs, human security, global security governance, public policy, διεθνικά δίκτυα πολιτικής, διεθνείς ΜΚΟ, ανθρώπινη ασφάλεια, παγκόσμια διακυβέρνηση της ασφάλειας, δημόσια πολιτική.

Σημείωση: Η παρούσα έρευνα έχει συγχρηματοδοτηθεί από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινωνικό Ταμείο, ΕΚΤ) και από εθνικούς πόρους μέσω του Επιχειρησιακού Προγράμματος «Εκπαίδευση και Διά Βίου Μάθηση» του Εθνικού Στρατηγικού Πλαισίου Αναφοράς (ΕΣΠΑ). Ερευνητικό Χρηματοδοτούμενο Έργο: ΘΑΛΗΣ. Επένδυση στην κοινωνία της γνώσης μέσω του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινωνικού Ταμείου.

• http://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/ekke/article/view/7564
• http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/grsr.1007

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