Global Strategies and Solutions Project
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Information
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Profiles of organization strategies (over 30,000 entries, 104,000 links) on implemented, or advocated strategies, as indicated by international constituencies (intergovernmental organizations, international nongovernmental associations (NGOs) and other bodies -- profiled in a complementary source: Yearbook of International Organizations):
Source: The global strategies profiled are those recognized by over 20,000 international organizations (profiled in the Yearbook of International Organizations) and other constituencies -- for which the Union of International Associations serves as an information clearing house. Some of the problems may be recognized by many organizations, others may only be recognized by loose networks, movements or isolated groups of experts. Names: Strategies do not have unique or official names. Many of the strategies have two or more other names associated with them to reflect different keywords and ways of describing them. Some have up to ten names. The complete alphabetic list, based on a single name per strategy, is therefore an essentially arbitrary ordering of the strategies. As a random presentation of the contents of the database, it has the advantage of drawing attention to the variety of modes of action envisaged by individuals and groups. Some strategies are decidedly controversial -- and may even amount to problems. Disclaimer: This Encyclopedia necessarily includes some strategies which appear "negative," and may indeed be treated separately as problems (both by those using opposing or incompatible strategies and in the problems database of the Encyclopedia). Some strategies (including slave and drug trading), which are generally rejected by the international community today, have been actively and openly pursued by some countries in the not too distant past. Other "negative" strategies (including "political assassination" and "destabilization of foreign countries") continue to be actively pursued by some countries, if only as covert operations considered essential to their national security. "Abortion" is an example of a highly controversial strategy employed by some that is also treated and perceived as a problem by others. "Thieving", and even "blinding children" (to improve their income as beggars), may be amongst the few strategies open to the impoverished. On the other hand, many seemingly "positive" strategies (such as "the Green Revolution") may be criticized for their "negative" consequences by significant constituencies. This collection of strategies should NOT therefore be considered as a simple list of "positive" strategies recommended by the organizations providing the information. At the same time, the majority of the strategies are indeed advocated for their constructive outcomes. Both the demo and list challenge the reader, and any policy-maker, to exercise discrimination in determining under what circumstances a strategy (such as "structural adjustment") may be used and in what way it may be "positive" or "negative" in its consequences. This is often the dilemma faced by leaders. In some demo profiles, explanatory texts are included, where available, to clarify conflicting claims as to the "positive" or "negative" function of each strategy from different perspectives. Many strategies are perceived to have both "positive" and "negative" consequences in constraining or facilitating other strategies (documented as hyperlinks in the CD-Rom version of the Encyclopedia). The demo and list, however controversial and incomplete, therefore represent a first attempt to depict the "ecosystem" of interrelated initiatives active in society, whether actually or potentially. Inclusion of "strategies" on this list should not be considered to imply that they are advocated by the UIA. Development: It is important to recognize that the database is continually being expanded with user participation, notably through the addition of more specific problems that are aspects of those already included and the interaction between problems in vicious cycle loops. Reservations: The emphasis throughout this project has been placed on providing descriptions of less well-known strategies, particularly when the extensive material available on the better known strategies contained neither succinct descriptions of them nor descriptive material which could easily be reduced to succinct descriptions. The strategy descriptions here represent a compilation of views from published documents (usually from international organizations). The text provided does not necessarily constitute the best possible description of the strategy, since a compromise has had to be struck between availability of information, the resources to process it, and the space available (in the case of the hardcopy version). |
Projects
Global Strategies Project
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Commentary
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Collection of 72 explanatory documents on significance, method (naming), patterning (classification) and general comments. On-line profiles offer access to other websites and specific query-links to web search engines Encyclopedia Project in general: Collection of 27 explanatory documents on overview (significance), content, method, assessement, and general insights.
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Statistics
Statistics on profiled strategies, and their relationships, are given in the:
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Publications /CD-Roms
The profiles of strategies undertaken or advocated by international organizatyions and other constituencies are published in:
International organizations concerned in various ways with such strategies are profiled in:
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Bibliography
The following publications include bibliographic material on strategies:
The relevant bibiliographies are also available on-line together with access to other websites and specific query-links to web search engines |
Documents
UIA Studies of organization strategies and governance appear in:
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Knowledge management
| A significant number of the studies on the organization of information are concerned with how it might be made more relevant to policy-making, and with how information on the multitude of strategies might be configured for more fruitful comprehension -- both by elites and by their constituencies. |
Multi-media
| Networks of perceived relationships between strategies can be explored with the experimental spring mapping techniques associated with the on-line version of the strategies database. The relevance is discussed elsewhere. |
Questions / FAQs
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Basic information is provided in the summary (above) or in the comments to the alphabetic checklist. A range of questions are answered in a FAQ specific to strategies.
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Feedback
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Comments/Improvements/URLs: This is an ongoing project. We would like to improve the profiles that you see in the on-line database, or others you consider missing. Send us documents or indicate URLs. Registered users can provide feedback, or improvements on specific profiles, through the comment facility in the on-line version of the strategies database.
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Context
| The strategies project is integrated within the framework of the Encyclopedia Project and its various associated hyperlinked databases as follows: |
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