Thomas G. Weiss

The United Nations and Changing World Politics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This completely revised and updated eighth edition serves as the definitive text for courses in which the United Nations is either the focus or a central component. Built around three critical themes in international relations (peace and security, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and sustainable human development) the eighth edition of The United Nations and Changing World Politics guides students through the seven turbulent decades of UN politics.

This new edition is fully revised to incorporate recent developments on the international stage, including new peace operations in Mali and the Central African Republic; ongoing UN efforts to manage the crises in Libya, Syria, and Iraq; the Iran Nuclear Deal; and the new Sustainable Development Goals. The authors discuss how international law frames the controversies at the UN and guides how the UN responds to violence and insecurity, gross violations of human rights, poverty, underdevelopment, and environmental degradation. Students of all levels will learn that the UN is a complex organization, comprised of three interactive entities that cooperate and also compete with each other to define and advance the UN's principles and purposes.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000028928
• Artikelnr.: 57982222

Autorenporträt

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor at the City University of New York¿s Graduate Center and Director-Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. David P. Forsythe is the Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Roger A. Coate is Paul D. Coverdell Professor of Public Policy at Georgia College & State University and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. Kelly-Kate Pease is Professor of International Relations at Webster University in St. Louis and the Director of the International Relations Program Worldwide. She also serves as a Fellow in the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

New Nationalisms, the UN, and Turbulence: An Introduction Moving Back in
Time What Is the United Nations? UNO Basics: An Overview The Principles of
the United Nations Enduring Tensions and Central Themes Notes Part One:
International Peace and Security 1. The Theory and Practice of UN
Collective Security Collective Security Regional Arrangements Notes 2. UN
Security Efforts During the Cold War The Early Years: Palestine, Korea,
Suez, the Congo Understanding Peacekeeping Economic Sanctions Notes 3. UN
Security Operations After the Cold War, 1988--1998 UN Military Operations,
1988--1993 The Rebirth of Peacekeeping Moving Toward the Next Generation
Moving Toward Enforcement Sanctions in the Post--Cold War Era: Humanitarian
Dilemmas Operational Quandaries: Cambodia, the Former Yugoslavia, Somalia,
Rwanda, and Haiti Lessons Learned Notes 4. Security Operations Since 1999
The Responsibility to Protect Stabilized Security Operations Evolving
Security Operations Whither the Responsibility to Protect? Notes 5.
Confronting Contemporary Challenges Security Challenges Political
Challenges The Challenges of Reform Incremental Change Notes Part Two:
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs 6. The United Nations, Human Rights,
and Humanitarian Affairs Understanding Human Rights Basic Norms in the UN
Era International Humanitarian Law (Human Rights During War) Notes 7.
Applying Human Rights Standards: The Roles of the First and Second UN Human
Rights and the First UN Human Rights and the Second UN Human Rights and
National Interest Notes 8. The Third UN in Human Rights and Humanitarian
Affairs: The Role of Independent Experts and NGOs Experts and the Human
Rights Council Supplemental Human Rights and Treaty Monitoring Bodies
Nongovernmental Organizations Notes 9. Theories of Change Theoretical
Considerations The International Criminal Court: Knowledge and Learning
Learning and Democracy Human Rights and Development A Web of Norms
Resulting in Change? Notes Part Three: Sustainable Human Development 10.
Theories of Development at the United Nations Phase One: National State
Capitalism (1945--1962) Phase Two: International Affirmative Action
(1962--1981) Phase Three: Return to Neoliberalism (1981--1989) Phase Four:
Sustainable Development and Globalization (1989--Present) Notes 11.
Sustainable Development as Process: UN Organizations and Norms The UN
Proper Members of the UN Family? Norm Creation and Coherence: A Partial
History of Ideas The UN's Sustainable Human Development Model Notes 12. The
UN and Development in a Globalizing World The MDG Strategy Implementing the
MDGs A Global Partnership for Development From the MDGs to the SDGs
Explaining Change Notes Conclusion: Learning from Change Measuring Change
Learning Lessons? Articulation and Aggregation of Interests Rule Making
Applying Rules Some Final Thoughts Notes