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'Fragile States' in an Unequal World : The Role of the G7+ in International Diplomacy and Development Cooperation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: de Siqueira, Isabel Rocha.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Figures and Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • 1. A Book about People: The Stories of the g7+
  • Behind the Scenes
  • The Book
  • 2. How to Find a Voice: On Being an Accidental Diplomat for the New Deal
  • The Need to Listen
  • Trust is the Most Valuable Currency
  • Be Wary of the Annotated Agenda: Donor Pressures and the Problem of Empty Participation
  • The Search for a Voice
  • Avoid Hoarseness: Trying to Keep Up with SDG 16
  • Have your People in the Room: Seeking UN Observer Status
  • 3. How to Use your Survival Skills (for Survival, Monitoring and Evaluation): On Patience, Opportunities and Cooperation
  • Find Yourself Something Sacred and Go Beyond Survival: Valuing Peace and Solidarity
  • Have Patience But Be Strategic About It: The Symbolism of Fragile-to-Fragile Cooperation (F2F)
  • Seize and Multiply Opportunities for Yourself and Others: The Paths Towards Greater Equality
  • Make Changes and See Things Through
  • 4. How to Work with Passion: On the Value of Doing Things Together
  • Togetherness Is a Value and a Practice: Harnessing Commonalities in Order to Move Forward
  • Living with Frustration but Leaving No-One Behind: Monitoring the SDGs
  • Putting Solidarity into Practice: Conflict Mediation in the Central African Republic
  • Challenges to Passion and Solidarity: Seeking Flexibility in the Face of an Obsession with Templates
  • 5. How to Decide Where your Pride Fits: The 'Fragile States' Label and the Need for a Unified Front
  • Proud to Start With: Raising the Ownership Flag
  • How to Decide Where your Pride Belongs: Shame and the World of International Experts
  • The Micro and Macro Challenges to Pride: Geopolitical Negotiations and National Priorities
  • What (Then) of Pride?
  • 6. How to Act Responsibly: On the Sense of Duty.
  • Advocating for Context and Country Leadership on Peace and Development
  • Making Sure Assessments Do Not Become Ends in Themselves
  • Multiplying Impacts: Responsibilities Go Up and Down
  • Strengthening Within: Finding Cohesion with a Diverse Group
  • Engendering Interest and Responsibility in the Next Generations
  • 7. The Way Forward
  • The Next Generations
  • Bibliography
  • Videos
  • g7+ Publications
  • ANNEX I: g7+ Statements - A Selection
  • 1. 10 April 2010, Dili, Timor-Leste
  • 2. Port-au-Prince
  • 3. Lomé
  • 4. Kabul
  • 5. Lisbon
  • ANNEX II: Fragility Spectrum
  • ANNEX III: g7+ Fragility Assessments
  • ANNEX IV: Chronology of g7+'s Main Events Since 2010
  • ANNEX V: 2030 Agenda: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • ANNEX VI: 20 Targets Chosen in a 2016 Technical Meeting
  • ANNEX VII: g7+ Statement of Solidarity and Cooperation: 'A call for concerted support in our efforts to curb COVID-19' (March 2020)
  • Index.

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