The United Nations and Changing World Politics

by Weiss, Thomas G.

• ISBN13: 9780813344355
• ISBN10: 0813344352
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-22
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

With updates throughout, this newly revised sixth edition serves as the definitive text for courses on 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 Politicsguides readers 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 external actors and institutions, from sovereign states to nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations now playing important roles in world politics. Featuring a new chapter on evolving security operations and a new foreword by Ramesh Thakur, the sixth edition includes updated discussions of the UNrs"s actions in Darfur and Chad, the tenure of Ban Ki-moon, and the global economic and financial meltdown. Contents Part One. International Peace and Security 1. The Theory of UN Collective Security 2. UN Security Efforts During the Cold War 3. UN Security Operations After the Cold War 4. Evolving Security Operations: Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, and Sudan 5. The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century Part Two. Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs 6. The United Nations, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Affairs Theory 7. The United Nations and Applying Human Rights Standards 8. Change, the United Nations, and Human Rights Part Three. Sustainable Human Development 9. Theories of Development at the United Nations 10. Sustainable Development as Process: UN Organizations and Norms 11. The UN, Development, and Globalization 12. Conclusion: Learning from Change

Author Biography

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.

 

David P. Forsythe is the Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

 

Roger A. Coate is Paul D. Coverdell Chair 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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Foreword to the Sixth Edition	p. xxiv
Foreword to the Fifth Edition	p. xxvii
Foreword to the Fourth Edition	p. xxxi
Foreword to the Third Edition	p. xxxvi
Foreword to the Second Edition	p. xxxix
Acronyms	p. xli
Introduction	p. xlvi
The Legal Foundations of Sovereignty	p. I
State Sovereignty	p. li
Changing Raisons d'État	p. lvi
The United Nations: Actor or Institutional Framework?	p. lviii
UN Politics	p. lxii
Notes	p. lxv
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. 18
Straying from the Course	p. 24
Notes	p. 24
UN Security Efforts During the Cold War	p. 29
The Early Years: Palestine, Korea, Suez, the Congo	p. 29
Understanding Peacekeeping	p. 34
ôChapter Six and a Halfö on Hold, 1978-1988	p. 41
Economic Sanctions	p. 42
Notes	p. 44
UN Security Operations After the Cold War (1988-1998)	p. 47
The First UN Military Operations After the End of the Cold War, 1988-1993	p. 48
The Rebirth of Peacekeeping	p. 48
Moving Toward the Next Generation	p. 52
Moving Toward Enforcement	p. 54
Nonforcible Sanctions in the Post-Cold War Era: Humanitarian Dilemmas	p. 59
Operational Quandaries: Cambodia, the Former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Rwanda, and Haiti	p. 61
Conclusion	p. 75
Notes	p. 76
Evolving Security Operations: Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, and Sudan	p. 81
Using Military Force for Human Protection Purposes	p. 82
Implications for the UN's Security Efforts	p. 84
The Crisis in the Balkans	p. 90
Turmoil in Timor-Leste (East Timor)	p. 94
Reestablishing Stability in Sierra Leone	p. 95
Lebanon-Again	p. 97
Darfur, Sudan	p. 100
Conclusion: The Responsibility to Protect	p. 103
Notes	p. 106
The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century	p. 111
After September 11, What's New?	p. 111
Political Challenges	p. 120
Institutional Challenges	p. 123
The World Summit 2005	p. 131
Strengthening the Secretariat	p. 135
Explaining Change	p. 139
Notes	p. 141
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs	p. 147
The United Nations, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Affairs	p. 149
The Theory	p. 150
Understanding Rights	p. 152
Basic Norms in the UN Era	p. 158
Core Norms Beyond the Charter	p. 161
Supplementing the Core	p. 166
Notes	p. 172
The United Nations and Applying Human Rights Standards	p. 177
Security Council	p. 178
General Assembly	p. 186
International Criminal Court	p. 188
Office of the Secretary-General	p. 191
High Commissioner for Human Rights	p. 194
Commission on Human Rights (1946-2006)	p. 197
Human Rights Council (2006-)	p. 201
Supplemental Human Rights Bodies	p. 204
Human Rights and Development	p. 211
Emergency Assistance	p. 214
Notes	p. 220
Change, the United Nations, and Human Rights	p. 227
More on Raisons d'État	p. 229
State Coalitions	p. 233
Nonstate Actors	p. 235
Theories of Change	p. 239
Final Thoughts	p. 246
Notes	p. 247
Sustainable Human Development	p. 251
Theories of Development at the United Nations	p. 253
The Politics of Changing Theories	p. 253
Notes	p. 275
Sustainable Development as Process: UN Organizations and Norms	p. 279
Understanding the Organizational Chart: Coordination, Again	p. 280
Particular Contributions to Sustainable Development	p. 284
The World Bank, IMF, and WTO	p. 296
Norm Creation and Coherence: A History of Ideas	p. 302
The UN's Sustainable Human Development Model	p. 314
Notes	p. 317
The UN, Development, and Globalization	p. 323
Globalization and Global Governance	p. 324
The MDG Strategy	p. 326
Implementing the MDGs	p. 329
A Global Partnership for Development	p. 344
Explaining Change	p. 353
Notes	p. 357
Conclusion: Learning from Change	p. 363
Measuring Change	p. 364
Learning Lessons?	p. 367
Articulation and Aggregation of Interests	p. 369
Rule-Making	p. 376
Rule Enforcement	p. 380
Some Final Thoughts	p. 386
Notes	p. 391
The United Nations System	p. 395
Concise List of Internet Sites Relevant to the United Nations	p. 396
Charter of the United Nations	p. 397
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights	p. 416
About the Book and Authors	p. 420
Index	p. 422
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