What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix it - Thomas G. Weiss

What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix it

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Buch | Hardcover
314 Seiten
2012 | 2nd Revised edition
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-5982-4 (ISBN)
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In this fully revised and updated new edition of his classic book, Thomas G. Weiss takes a diagnosis-and-cure approach to the inherent difficulties of the UN and its system of related agencies. He then shows how to mitigate these maladies, outlining a program for substantial change in intergovernmental institutions.

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor at the City University of New York s Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.

About the Author viii Foreword by Sir Brian Urquhart x Acknowledgments xiii List of Figures and Tables xvi List of Abbreviations xviii Introduction 1 Part One: Diagnosing the Ills 1 Westphalia, Alive But Not Well 19 2 North South Theater 50 3 The Feudal System, or Dysfunctional Family 73 4 Overwhelming Bureaucracy and Underwhelming Leadership 111 Part Two: Palliatives if Not Cures 5 Redefining National Interests 133 6 Moving Beyond the North South Divide 160 7 Truly Delivering as One 180 8 Reinvigorating the International Civil Service 198 Conclusion: What s Next? 223 Selected Readings 242 Notes 246 Index 279

Vorwort Brian Urquhart
Zusatzinfo black & white illustrations
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 237 mm
Gewicht 598 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 0-7456-5982-9 / 0745659829
ISBN-13 978-0-7456-5982-4 / 9780745659824
Zustand Neuware
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