David J. Whittaker

United Nations in the Contemporary World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fifty years after the creation of the United Nations, there exists a vigorous debate as to its limitations and possibilities. In United Nations in the Contemporary World, David J. Whittaker examines how the UN works and assesses its position as a world organisation. The author explores the nature of the UN as a regime in contemporary international relations. He considers the changing terms of reference of the UN and includes discussion of: * UN organisational procedures and principles; * recent historical case studies, including studies on peacekeeping * the role of the UN in global urbanisation, arms control and in supplying aid for refugees * past and future internal reform, goals, achievements With an annotated bibliography and a helpful glossary United Nations in the Contemporary World provides an interdisciplinary history of the UN and debates the key issues for its future. David J Whittaker gives a cogent analysis of how the UN addresses today's world problems and how it can adapt for the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9780415153171
• ISBN-10: 0415153174
• Artikelnr.: 21600029

Autorenporträt

David J. Whittaker

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Infrastructural Change 1. The Ideas and Structures of 1945 2.
Changing UN Ideas and Approaches 3. Sovereign States as UN Members Part II.
The UN in a Changing International Environment 4. Peacekeeping 5. Arms
Control and Disarmament 6. The UN and the Developing World 7. The UN and an
Urbanizing World 8. Helping Refugees Part III: Facing the Future 9.
Selective Tally of Suggested Reforms Outlining Problems, Listing
Recommendations and Noting Reservations 10. The UN Shapes the Future: An
Evaluation