The United Nations And Changing World Politics

by Weiss, Thomas G.

• ISBN13: 9780813343471
• ISBN10: 081334347X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

With updates throughout, this newly revised fifth edition serves as the definitive text for courses dealing with the United Nations. Built around three critical themes in international relations-international peace and security, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and building peace through sustainable development-The United Nations and Changing World Politics, fifth edition, guides students through the complexity of politics and history of the UN. Students of all levels will learn what the UN is, how it operates, and what its relationships are with the universe of external actors and institutions, from sovereign states to the plethora of nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations now playing important roles in world politics. This new edition is fully revised to take into account recent events, including the aftermath of September 11th and the war on terrorism, the war in Iraq, the first deliberations of the International Criminal Court, and the largest-ever world summit on the occasion of the UN's sixtieth anniversary.

Author Biography

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York where he is also one of the directors of the UN Intellectual History Project and one of the editors of Global Governance. David P. Forsythe is professor and chairman in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Roger A. Coate is professor of government and international studies at the University of South Carolina. Kelly-Kate Pease is associate professor and director of International Relations at Webster University in St. Louis. She is author of International Organizations: Perspectives on Governance in the 21st Century (2002) and has published several articles and book chapters on human rights, humanitarian intervention, humanitarian assistance, and foreign policy.

Table of Contents

Tables and Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword to the Second Edition	p. xiii
Foreword to the Third Edition	p. xv
Foreword to the Fourth Edition	p. xviii
Foreword to the Fifth Edition	p. xxiii
Preface to the Fifth Edition	p. xxvi
Acronyms	p. xxxv
Introduction	p. xxxix
The Legal Foundations of Sovereignty	p. xliv
State Sovereignty	p. xliv
Changing Raisons d'Etat	p. l
The United Nations: Actor or Institutional Framework?	p. lii
UN Politics	p. lvii
Notes	p. lix
International Peace and Security	p. 1
The Theory of UN Collective Security	p. 3
Collective Security in General	p. 4
The United Nations and Security: Some Basics	p. 7
Regional Arrangements	p. 17
Straying from the Course	p. 23
Notes	p. 23
UN Security Efforts During the Cold War	p. 27
The Early Years: Palestine, Korea, Suez, the Congo	p. 27
Understanding Peacekeeping	p. 33
"Chapter Six and a Half" on Hold, 1978-1988	p. 39
Economic Sanctions	p. 41
Notes	p. 43
UN Security Operations After the Cold War	p. 45
The First UN Military Operations After the End of the Cold War, 1988-1993	p. 46
The Rebirth of Peacekeeping	p. 49
Moving Toward the Next Generation	p. 53
Moving Toward Enforcement	p. 56
Nonforcible Sanctions in the Post-Cold War Era: Humanitarian Dilemmas	p. 61
Operational Quandaries: Cambodia, the Former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Rwanda, and Haiti	p. 63
Ever-Evolving Security Operations: Kosovo, East Timor, and Sierra Leone	p. 76
Conclusion	p. 81
Notes	p. 88
The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century	p. 95
After September 11, What's New?	p. 95
Political Challenges	p. 103
Institutional Challenges	p. 106
The World Summit 2005	p. 114
Professional Changes: Strengthening the Secretariat	p. 121
Explaining Change	p. 127
Notes	p. 129
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs	p. 135
The United Nations, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Affairs	p. 137
The Theory	p. 138
Understanding Rights	p. 140
Basic Norms in the UN Era	p. 145
Core Norms Beyond the Charter	p. 150
Supplementing the Core	p. 155
Notes	p. 160
The United Nations and Applying Human Rights Standards	p. 165
Security Council	p. 167
General Assembly	p. 175
International Criminal Court	p. 177
Office of the Secretary-General	p. 179
High Commissioner for Human Rights	p. 182
Commission on Human Rights (1946-2006)	p. 185
Human Rights Council (2006-)	p. 189
Supplemental Human Rights Bodies	p. 192
Supervising Rights and Development	p. 203
Emergency Assistance	p. 206
Notes	p. 212
Change, the United Nations, and Human Rights	p. 219
More on Raisons d'Etat	p. 221
State Coalitions	p. 224
Nonstate Actors	p. 226
Theories of Change	p. 229
Notes	p. 237
Sustainable Human Development	p. 239
Theories of Development at the United Nations	p. 241
The Politics of Changing Theories	p. 245
Notes	p. 264
Sustainable Development as Process: UN Organizations and Norms	p. 269
Unpacking the Organizational Chart: Coordination, Again	p. 270
Particular Contributions to Sustainable Development	p. 273
The UN and the IMF and World Bank	p. 283
Norm Creation and Coherence: History of Ideas	p. 285
The UN's Sustainable Human Development Model	p. 298
Notes	p. 301
The UN, Development, and Globalization	p. 305
Globalization and Global Governance	p. 306
The MDG Strategy	p. 310
Implementing the MDGs	p. 313
A Global Partnership for Development	p. 327
Globalization, MDGs, Partnerships	p. 336
Explaining Change	p. 338
Notes	p. 340
Conclusion: Learning from Change	p. 345
Learning Lessons?	p. 347
Articulation and Aggregation of Interests	p. 350
Rule-Making	p. 357
Rule Enforcement	p. 360
Some Final Thoughts	p. 366
Notes	p. 371
The United Nations System	p. 375
Concise List of Internet Sites Relevant to the United Nations	p. 376
Charter of the United Nations	p. 377
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights	p. 396
About the Book and Authors	p. 400
Index	p. 402
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