The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society /

The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society / / ed. by Jean E. Krasno.

Despite the high visibility of the United Nations in various peacekeeping operations, the enormous role that it plays in the global arena goes largely unnoticed. This new book focuses on that larger role, bringing to life the evolutionary process of multilateral interaction that is the foundation of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Boothby, Derek,
Fomerand, Jacques,
Krasno, Jean E.,
Laurenti, Jeffrey,
Luck, Edward C.,
Ludwig, Robin,
Norchi, Charles,
Prantl, Jochen,
Sills, Joe,
HerausgeberIn:
Krasno, Jean E.,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2004
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (443 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • PART 1 OUT OF THE ASHES OF WAR
  • 1 The UN Landscape: An Overview
  • 2 Founding of the United Nations: An Evolutionary Process
  • 3 The United Nations and the Formation of Global Norms
  • PART 2 ENGAGING HUMAN NEEDS ON A GLOBAL SCALE
  • 4 Human Rights: A Global Common Interest
  • 5 Free and Fair Elections: Letting the People Decide
  • 6 Agent of Change? The United Nations and Development
  • 7 Disarmament: Successes and Failures
  • 8 To End the Scourge of War: The Story of UN Peacekeeping
  • PART 3 PROCESSES OF GLOBAL BURDEN SHARING
  • 9 Financing the United Nations
  • 10 Informal Groups of Member States
  • 11 Reforming the United Nations: Lessons from a History in Progress
  • Acronyms
  • Selected Bibliography
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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