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World Economic Forum: Origins and Development (1971-2007)

Author: WangYueZhou
Tutor: YuWeiMin
School: East China Normal University
Course: World History
Keywords: World Economic Forum Origin Developing
CLC: F116
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

This paper attempts from the point of view of global governance, to sort out the process established by the World Economic Forum, the use of the theory of globalization and global governance theory reveals the relationship between economic globalization and global governance mechanisms; Overview of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in calendar comments focus on its main activities, in order to explore the trajectory of its development; on this basis, to analyze the impact of the World Economic Forum and the World Economic Forum's role in global governance and its limitations to make some observations. Except the preface and conclusion, is divided into five chapters. The introductory section on the significance of the topic, the research dynamic, and this article literature resources. The first chapter of the era of economic globalization \In the context of economic globalization, the increasingly global problem afflicting humankind is beyond the scope of the nation-state governance capacity, any government are difficult to deal with by virtue simply of its own strength, such as security, economic stability, social justice and order, as well as ecological and environmental protection, etc. global issues. Global governance requires cooperation and coordination between countries, so, in the formation of global governance mechanism, national and inter-governmental international organizations will undoubtedly bear the main responsibility. However, the historical process of globalization is not only the performance of an act of state, does not come from the country as the main driving force of the contemporary economic globalization, but from the economic behavior of multinational corporations on behalf of the non-governmental body, therefore, governance of the global problem of power also implicit in the social dimension that transcends national boundaries, which, transnational NGO is an important force to promote global governance mechanisms established. It is a global problem calls for global governance mechanism of the context of the times, the World Economic Forum came into being in the form of non-governmental organizations to participate in the discussion of global issues and research. The second chapter of the \Professor Schwab's childhood memories of his youth, schooling and work experience for the creation of the European Management Forum has played a catalytic role. An overview of the evolution of the development of the World Economic Forum, we can clearly see that the forum how to adapt the institutions of the European companies need organizational growth as a global problem-solving and governance structures of the multi-stakeholder platform from a. The third chapter \The first part of this chapter analyzes the organizational structure of the forum. The forum is organized by the Foundation Board leadership. Its members from the business, political, multilateral economic organizations, academia, and civil society leaders. The Management Committee is the executive body of the Foundation. Management Committee members from different regions of the world, with different professional backgrounds and areas of expertise, and this diversity is one of its main advantages. The second part of this chapter analyzes the mechanism of the activities of the Forum. Participation mechanisms, including forums financing mechanisms as well as the public information function. The main form of participation in the forum for its members and partners. Financing mechanisms for the success of the Forum for the forum to maintain their independence, the need to expand the business to their own resources to finance is crucial. Chapter IV, \have been reviewed. An overview of the theme of the Forum's Annual Meeting, we can see, these themes firmly grasp the pulse of the times. Analyzed by the participants discussed a number of major issues, from one side, we can understand the ups and downs of the economic situation in the world. Chapter V, \Affirmative response in three aspects: First, the scale of the Forum is expanding; participants of the importance of the political leaders has steadily increased; Third, the form of a forum to follow the object. Criticism and protesters of the World Economic Forum can be broadly divided into two levels: First existential (existential) level critics questioned Forum on the critical nature of significance from the forum its mission, its members and its The mode of operation; instrumentalist (instrumental) \Conclusion concludes the paper on the basis of that, the World Economic Forum as a global non-state actors could not fulfill its unable or inability to discharge the responsibility of its formation and development are merely expressions of human care of the world in which to own has gone beyond the level of the national management or governance of international organizations, but also reflect the global governance of human society at all levels and in all areas of the need to mobilize resources and potential will require a sense of the world, mutual understanding and mutual respect. Therefore, the proposed questions and discuss issues towards a necessary precondition to solve the problem. It is also in a sense move human society to pay attention to these global problems, the creation of the World Economic Forum, the functions for the formation of global governance mechanism has made important contributions.

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