The United Nations in the post-Cold War era

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The United Nations in the post-Cold War era

Karen A. Mingst, Margaret P. Karns

（Dilemmas in world politics）

Westview Press, 2000

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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A thoroughly updated, fresh look at the role of the United Nations in world politics, with particular attention to the evolving post-Cold War era, its challenges, and its dilemmas.. The unfolding post-Cold War era has posed a host of challenges for the United Nations. The dilemmas of sovereignty, rising governance demands, and scarce leadership have grown sharper. This new edition of a popular book succeeds in providing a wealth of information and analysis in an efficient, readable, and insightful format. Case studies probing the politics and processes of UN action in the campaign against apartheid, Iraqi arms inspection, and the Earth Summit are among its distinctive features. The United Nations faced unprecedented opportunities and heightened expectations when the Cold War ended in 1998-90. But by the time of its fiftieth anniversary in 1995, the mood had shifted. Peacekeepers were bogged down in Bosnia and Somalia. Iraq continued to test the UNs resolve to enforce arms control inspections. In much of the world, the gap between the haves and the have-nots was increasing. The Earth Summit failed to halt environmental degradation. A new financial crisis loomed with the United States first among those owing money to the UN. Everyone agreed that reform was needed, yet the political will to effect change was absent.In this second edition of their popular book, The United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era , Karen Mingst and Margaret Karns have undertaken major revisions along with thorough updating. A new opening chapter provides an overview of the UNs evolving role in world politics, along with introducing three core dilemmas -- the tensions between sovereignty and its erosion, between demands for global governance and the weakness of UN institutions, and between the need for leadership and the diffusion of power. The authors explore these dilemmas in the context of the UNs experience in maintaining peace, promoting stability, environmental sustainability, and human rights.Mingst and Karns retain two distinctive features of the books first edition: the consideration of various actors roles in the UN system, from major powers to small states, coalitions, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); and a series of case studies probing the politics and processes of UN action. These include the women in development agenda, the campaign against apartheid, indigenous peoples, the Iraqi arms inspection regime, the convention banning land mines, and UN operations in Vietnam.

目次

  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Acronyms
  • 1. The United Nations in World Politics
  • The United Nations in World Politics: Vision and Reality
  • Dilemmas in the Post-Cold War Era
  • Conclusion
  • 2. Historical Evolution of the United Nations
  • Nineteenth-Century Roots of Contemporary International Organizations
  • The League of Nations
  • Origins of the United Nations
  • The Organization of the United Nations
  • Persistent Organizational Problems
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Actors in the UN System
  • The United Nations as a League of States
  • Coalitions, Blocs, and the Importance of Consensus
  • Nongovernmental Organizations in the UN System
  • The Secretary-General as an Actor in World Politics
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Peace and Security
  • Maintaining Peace and Security: The UN Charter
  • UN Approaches to Managing Peace and Security
  • Problems of UN Involvement in Peacekeeping and Enforcement Action
  • Arms Control and Disarmament
  • Future Challenges for the UN's Role in Peace and Security
  • 5. Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability
  • The Evolution of Development Thinking
  • The Evolution of the UN System and Development-Related Activities
  • Policy Debates and Issues in Promoting Sustainable Development
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Human Rights
  • The Role of the UN in Human Rights
  • The Roles of Nongovernmental Organizations
  • The Anti-Apartheid Campaign
  • Women's Rights as Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples: The Frontiers of International Human Rights
  • The Record of the UN in Human Rights
  • Human Rights and the Dilemmas
  • 7. The Future of the United Nations
  • Actors Promoting UN Reform
  • Key Reform Issues
  • The Need for Fundamental Political Change
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Charter of the United Nations
  • Discussion Questions
  • Notes
  • Suggested Readings
  • Websites
  • Glossary
  • Index

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