Gareis The United Nations

2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-00605-9
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

There hardly seems to be a global issue in the world today in which the United Nations (UN) is not expected to play a key role. And indeed, despite a persistent gulf between high expectations and the UN's capacities, the organization continues to be a unique and indispensable actor in areas such as peace maintenance, human rights protection, and development.Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of this highly acclaimed text provides a concise analysis of the UN, its structure and work, achievements and shortcomings, and its likely role and prospects in the twenty-first century. The new edition covers the latest institutional and structural developments – including the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission and the establishment of a permanent Human Rights Council – and reflects recent debates on UN reform.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gareis, Sven Bernhard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The United Nations System.- Institution-Building, Regime Impact, and Globalization: The Role and Function of the UN.- The Core of the United Nations: Collective Security.- The Changing Practice of Peacekeeping.- The United Nations and Human Rights: Normative Development, Codification, and Definition.- Human Rights Protection: Institutional Framework and Code of Practice.- Economic, Developmental and Environmental Questions in the UN: Problem Areas and Institutional Design.- Reforms for the Twenty-first Century.- Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Sven Bernhard Gareis is Deputy Dean at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Professor of Political Science at the University of Münster, Germany.