John Ruggie
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John Gerard Ruggie (b. October 18, 1944) is the Evron and Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs, and Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
He was born in Graz, Austria, son of Josef and Margaret Ruggie, and moved to the United States in 1967. He married Mary Zacharuk in 1965, with whom he has one son.
From 1997 to 2001, he was Assistant Secretary-General and chief advisor for strategic planning to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Since 2005, Ruggie has served as the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
He has been Dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he taught for many years; he has also taught at the University of California's Berkeley and San Diego campuses and directed the UC systemwide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
Ruggie is widely considered to be one of his generations most influential political scientists, especially within international relations. He has, for instance, created the term embedded liberalism to explain the post World War II international economic system among western capitalistic states.
A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ruggie is a recipient of the International Studies Association's Distinguished Scholar Award and the American Political Science Association's Hubert Humphrey Award for outstanding public service by a political scientist.
Ruggie has a BA in politics and history from McMaster University in Canada; a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley; and a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from McMaster.
[edit] Enforcing Human Right Regimes
Through NGOs - He describes what is happening in terms of evolution of international society and NGOs as an increasingly deepening dynamic relationship. This deepening is not only happening within but also without of the state. That is, NGOs are becoming increasingly transnationalised. Examples of this are explained through the Boomerang effect. Many NGO successes can be attributed to the ability of local NGOs to mobilized and engage in external influence through international NGOs, foreign governments, and international organisations. They essentially derive their power from coalition building.
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[edit] External links
- [1] John Ruggie's personal website
