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Taking a peek through the cultural lens, Masters demonstrates the importance culture has to a shared understanding and achievement of common goals. Values, language, norms, beliefs and assumptions unique to each organization and profession facilitate – or hinder – communication among partners. Here we see that culture plays an important role in shaping global public–private partnerships. Engineers strive for certainty and structure; police crave autonomy and control, guided by a mistrust of outsiders; and conservators ignore the false divide between public and private in their quest to preserve cultural heritage. If potential partners cannot fit these moulds, the likelihood of success is undermined.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Geneva hosts the secretariats of WIPO , ILO , IOM, IPU, UNHCR , UNHCHR, WHO , WMO , UNAIDS, WEF, WTO as well as the UN Palace of Nations.

  2. 2.

    Rome hosts the FAO, IFAD, WFP, UNIDROIT and ICCROM. See Appendix 1 for full names.

  3. 3.

    George Clooney depicted Stout’s war service in the feature film, The Monuments Men based on Edsel and Witter’s (2009) book. Clooney’s depiction in popular culture reflected the professional culture of conservators.

  4. 4.

    Plenderleith’s role as founding Director is discussed in the next chapter.

  5. 5.

    Police professionals cannot be compared here, as they are always public officials.

  6. 6.

    In the author’s experience, once diplomats and lawyers are involved, the exchange of police information internationally becomes comparatively glacial in most instances. Timeframes for exchange measured in hours and days stretch into weeks and months. This is necessary for information required as evidence in court.

  7. 7.

    This figure includes Associate Members, partners and organizations sitting on the Council. See Appendix 4.

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Masters, A.B. (2019). Cultures. In: Cultural Influences on Public-Private Partnerships in Global Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96782-0_4

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