A changing United Nations : multilateral evolution and the quest for global governance

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A changing United Nations : multilateral evolution and the quest for global governance

W. Andy Knight ; foreword by James S. Sutterlin

(Global issues series / general editor, Jim Whitman)

Palgrave, 2000

  • : cloth

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Bibliography: p. 227-252

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The United Nations is at a critical juncture. It is faced with two distinct choices: to remain a 'decision frozen in time' or to develop a long-term adaptation agenda (and strategy) that would allow it to be a relevant institution of global governance for the twenty-first century. Reform and reflexive institutional adjustments have failed to address underlying problems facing this organization. After fifty-five years of existence it is still considered an inefficient and ineffective world body. Worse yet, its relevance is being questioned. This study offers a critique of existing UN change processes and then shifts focus to considerations of institutional learning strategies that would allow the UN to maintain relevance amidst the evolution of global governance arrangements.

Table of Contents

Dedication List of Tables and Figures Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction Rationalist and Reflectivist Approaches to Multilateralism and Governance Multilateral Evolution and UN Change Processes Developing Institutional Foundations: Learning in the UN The UN's Global Agenda and the Reflexive Adaptation Process The Managed Change Process at the UN Post-Cold War Multilateralism and the New UN Reform Agenda Subsidiarity and Global Governance Conclusions Appendices Notes Bibliography Indexes

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  • NCID
    BA50383925
  • ISBN
    • 0333801512
  • LCCN
    00033356
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 257 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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