The new United Nations : international organization in the twenty-first century

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The new United Nations : international organization in the twenty-first century

John Allphin Moore, Jr., Jerry Pubantz

Pearson Prentice Hall, c2006

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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収録内容

  • Introduction : ways of thinking about the United Nations and international organizations
  • The many places of the United Nations
  • Origins and history of the United Nations
  • The evolving UN Charter
  • Evolving institutions
  • Maintenance of international peace and security
  • Peacekeeping and nation building
  • Making global public policy : promoting civil society, human rights, and women's empowerment
  • Economic development, the environment, and health policy
  • Epilogue

内容説明・目次

内容説明

For undergraduate courses in International Relations. A comprehensive guide to the world body's institutions, procedures, policies, specialized agencies, historic personalities, initiatives, and involvement in world affairs, The New United Nations is organized thematically, blending both topical and chronological explanations making reference to current scholarly terms and theories. The first textbook of its kind on the market, it presents the UN in its evolving role in this new era since the Cold War and shows its responsibilities for meeting challenges to the global community.

目次

  • (NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Summing Up This Chapter.) A Message to Readers The Text The Subject Theories of International Relations Realism Idealism Marxism Critical Theory and Constructivism Feminism Dependency Theory Post-Modernism The United Nations 1. The Many Places of the United Nations. New York City Geneva, Switzerland Nairobi, Kenya Vienna, Austria The Hague, Netherlands Montreal, Canada Rome, Italy Pristina, Serbia-Montenegro
  • Dili, Timor-Leste The New United Nations 2. The UN's Origins and History. International Relations Before the Twentieth Century The Concert of Europe The League of Nations and World War II The League of Nations Wilson and the League's Elemental Weaknesses American and Allied Visions of the Post-World War II Period Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) Dumbarton Oaks Conference The Yalta Conference Bretton Woods United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO3/4San Francisco Conference) Eleanor's UN: Beyond International Peace and Security Specialized Agencies and Eleanor's UN Non-governmental Organizations and Eleanor's UN Millennium Summit Goals and Eleanor's UN The Cold War Korea Nuclear Weapons Persisting Tensions The Waning of the Cold War Iraq and the Post-Cold War UN 3. Evolving Charter. Amending the Charter Informal Modifications in the Charter Charter VI 1/2 Provisions The Cold War, Expanding Membership, and the Charter Membership North-South Relations and the UN National Liberation and the UN The Non-Aligned Movement and the UN Evolving International Law Financial Crisis and the Impetus for Reform The Continuing Budget Crisis Scale of Assessment and the Budget Process US Non-payment of UN Dues and the Demand for Reforms: Is the UN Worth It? UN Reform Efforts by Perez de Cuellar and Boutros-Ghali to Accommodate US Demands for Reform Kofi Annan and the Reform "Revolution" Administrative Reform Programmatic Reform Structural Reform Rumors of Scandal 4. Evolving Institutions. The United Nations System General Assembly Security Council Council Organization Council Powers The Use of the Veto Economic and Social Council Trusteeship Council Secretariat International Court of Justice Specialized Agencies, Programmes and Funds New Structures on the Global Stage World Conferences Global Compact Special Rapporteurs Human Rights Tribunals Globalization, Bretton woods Institutions, and the UN Bretton Woods World Bank International Monetary Fund World Trade Organization 5. Maintaining International Peace and Security. Collective Security The UN Charter's Collective Security Provisions Chapters VI and VII of the UN Charter Collective Security under Cold War Conditions Uniting for Peace Resolution Emergency Special Sessions of the General Assembly Peacekeeping and Military Observer Groups Disarmament and Arms Control Changing Disarmament Priorities Post-Cold War Collective Security Smart Sanctions The UN's Longest Collective Security Crisis: The Arab-Israeli Dispute 6. Peacekeeping and Nation-Building. Important Cold War Peacekeeping Missions United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Second-Generation Peacekeeping UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Nation-Building The Former Yugoslavia Rwanda Brahimi Report Peace-Building Africa Somalia Congo Sierra Leone and Liberia 7. Making Global Public Policy: Promoting Civil Society, Human Rights, Women. The Age of the NGO Special Rapporteurs The Global Compact Global Civil Society Human Rights - The Policy Process Human Rights - The Judicial Process Women - Securing Group Rights through Public Mobilization Research on Women Assistance to Women 8. Economic Development, the Environment, and Health Policy. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The United Nations Development Programme The Right to Development and the Least Developed Countries The Environment and Sustainable Development The United Nations Environment Programme Atmosphere and Climate Change Water Pollution and Marine Resources Biodiversity and Natural Resources Deforestation and Desertification International Financing Sustainable HumanDevelopment - The Fight Against HIV/AIDS 9. Epilogue. Acknowledgments Appendices: Appendix A: Charter of the United Nations. Appendix B: Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Appendix C: United Nations Member States, August 2004. Appendix D: Secretaries-general of the United Nations. Appendix E: Statute of the International Court of Justice. Appendix F: Selected United Nations Resolutions. Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in This Text. Illustrations, Tables, Charts, and Information Boxes (The number in parentheses is the Chapter number) United Nations Bodies in Geneva (1) UN Specialized Agencies Around the World (1) Principal Offices of the United Nations System (1) Palais des Nations [photo] (1) UN Building [photo] (1) Important Moments in the Founding of the United Nations (2) Molotov, Stettinius, Eden at San Francisco [photo] (2) Chronology of UN Reform (3) Executive Committees of the United Nations (3) Helms' Quotations (3) International Court of Justice [photo] (3) Economic and Social Council: Its Network of Commissions, Committees, Bodies, Funds, Programmes, and Experts (4) Chronology of General Assembly Special Sessions (4) The United Nations System (4) General Assembly [photo] (4) Security Council Members Adopting Brahimi Report [photo] (4) UN Specialized Agencies Around the World (4) Security Council Resolution 242 (5) Emergency Special Sessions of the UN General Assembly Authorized by the Uniting for Peace Resolution (5) The Legal Basis for Collective Security: The Covenant of the League of Nations (5) The Legal Basis for Collective Security: The Charter of the United Nations (5) Security Council, Richard Holbrooke as president, Debate on AIDS [photo] (5) Map of Ongoing Peacekeeping Missions (6) Map of Ongoing Political and Peace-Building Missions (6) UNTAET [photo] (6) International Bill of Human Rights (7) Agenda 21, Chapter 27: NGO Participation in the UN System (7) Chronology: United Nations Efforts on Behalf of Women (7) Eleanor Roosevelt and Human Rights [photo] (7) Chronology: United Nations Policy on the Environment (8) Millennium Development Goals and Targets (8) United Nations Development Programme at a Glance (8) Vaccination in Congo [photo] (8) Index.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA77575938
  • ISBN
    • 0131844881
  • LCCN
    2005023179
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiv, 370 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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