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The Oxford handbook on the United Nations / edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xxviii, 810 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780199279517 (alk. paper)
  • 0199279519 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • United Nations
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.23
LOC classification:
  • R JZ 4970 O98 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
pt.1. Introduction -- World politics: continuity and change since 1945.
pt.2. Theoretical frameworks -- Political approaches -- Legal perspectives -- Evolution in knowledge.
pt.3. Principal organs -- General Assembly -- Security Council -- Economic and Social Council -- Trusteeship Council -- Secretariat: independence and reform -- Secretary-General -- International Court of Justice.
pt.4. Relationships with other actors -- Regional groups and alliances -- Bretton Woods institutions -- Civil society -- Private sector -- Media.
pt.5. International peace and security -- Disarmament -- Peaceful settlement of disputes and conflict prevention -- Peacekeeping operations -- Sanctions -- Peace enforcement -- Humanitarian intervention -- Post-conflict peacebuilding -- terrorism.
pt.6. Human rights -- Norms and machinery -- International criminal court and ad hoc tribunals -- Humanitarian action and coordination -- Women and gender -- Children -- Minorities and indigenous peoples -- Human security.
pt.7. Development -- Coordinating economic and social affairs -- Health and infectious disease -- Natural resource management and sustainable development -- Organized crime -- Democracy and good governance -- Human development.
pt.8. Prospects for reform -- Principal organs -- Financing -- Widening participation.
Summary: The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations is an authoritative, one-volume treatment of sixty years of history of the United Nations written by distinguished scholars, analysts, and practitioners. Citations and suggested readings contain a wealth of primary and secondary references to the history, politics, and law of the world organization. This Handbook includes a clear and penetrating examination of the UN's development since 1945 and the challenges that it faces in the twenty-first century. This key reference work also contains appendices of the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Stature of the International Court of Justice. This volume is intended to shape the discipline of UN studies, and to establish itself as the essential point of reference for all those working on, in, or around the world organization. It is substantial in scope, containing contributions from over 40 leading scholars and practitioners--writing sometimes controversially, but always authoritatively--on the key topics and debates that define the institution.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [716]-732) and indexes.

pt.1. Introduction -- World politics: continuity and change since 1945.

pt.2. Theoretical frameworks -- Political approaches -- Legal perspectives -- Evolution in knowledge.

pt.3. Principal organs -- General Assembly -- Security Council -- Economic and Social Council -- Trusteeship Council -- Secretariat: independence and reform -- Secretary-General -- International Court of Justice.

pt.4. Relationships with other actors -- Regional groups and alliances -- Bretton Woods institutions -- Civil society -- Private sector -- Media.

pt.5. International peace and security -- Disarmament -- Peaceful settlement of disputes and conflict prevention -- Peacekeeping operations -- Sanctions -- Peace enforcement -- Humanitarian intervention -- Post-conflict peacebuilding -- terrorism.

pt.6. Human rights -- Norms and machinery -- International criminal court and ad hoc tribunals -- Humanitarian action and coordination -- Women and gender -- Children -- Minorities and indigenous peoples -- Human security.

pt.7. Development -- Coordinating economic and social affairs -- Health and infectious disease -- Natural resource management and sustainable development -- Organized crime -- Democracy and good governance -- Human development.

pt.8. Prospects for reform -- Principal organs -- Financing -- Widening participation.

The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations is an authoritative, one-volume treatment of sixty years of history of the United Nations written by distinguished scholars, analysts, and practitioners. Citations and suggested readings contain a wealth of primary and secondary references to the history, politics, and law of the world organization. This Handbook includes a clear and penetrating examination of the UN's development since 1945 and the challenges that it faces in the twenty-first century. This key reference work also contains appendices of the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Stature of the International Court of Justice. This volume is intended to shape the discipline of UN studies, and to establish itself as the essential point of reference for all those working on, in, or around the world organization. It is substantial in scope, containing contributions from over 40 leading scholars and practitioners--writing sometimes controversially, but always authoritatively--on the key topics and debates that define the institution.

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