The United Nations and Changing World Politics [Paperback]

Roger A Coate (Author), Thomas G Weiss (Author), David P. Forsythe (Author), Roger A. Coate (Author)

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Publication Date: November 10, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0813397502 | ISBN-13: 978-0813397504 | Edition: 3rd

Providing a comprehensive and contemporary examination of the United Nations, the authors provide a thematic approach exploring its role in three core issues in international relations: International Peace and Security; Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; and Building Peace Through Sustainable Development. Historically informed and analytically rich, The United Nations and Changing World Politics introduces the reader to the opportunities and limits of the central international organization. The authors bring to bear both extensive practical experience and scholarly depth in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the UN’s performance, as well as providing practical suggestions for improvements. Thoroughly updated to take into account recent experiences, including the Balkan crises, this book is an important resource for readers interested in international relations, peace and war, third world development, and human rights.

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The end of the bipolar world order as embodied in the cessation of the Cold War competition between the United Nations and the former Soviet Union has found the United Nations at a pivotal point in history. The authors, all with academic and practical UN experience, examine how Moscow's new willingness to work more cooperatively within the UN has both changed Washington's posture toward the multilateral institution and made a definite impact on the overall international political climate. Most of the book covers three key issues: international peace and security; human rights and the growing influence of nonstate actors; and sustainable development/ecodevelopment. The authors skillfully analyze the UN's future in its ability to create new organizational mechanisms to deal effectively with the changing nature of conflict, which is steadily shifting from interstate wars to intrastate insurgencies. Appendixes include the UN charter and additional readings. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries.
Stephen W. Green, Auraria Lib., Denver
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"An important book that will immediately become the standard text on the UN for undergraduate courses in international organization. No other book has its combination of sophisticated analysis and up-to-date information." -- Craig N. Murphy Wellesley College

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Product Details

• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Westview Press; 3rd edition (November 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813397502
• ISBN-13: 978-0813397504
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent look at the UN, April 20, 2009

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This book offers an excellent overview of the United Nations and the various arms that exist within its alphabet soup. The authors approach the subject through several theoretical lenses and look at world order and how the United Nations has shaped it and what that order will look like in the future with the UN. The authors break the book into three interrelated areas of security, human rights and economic development/globalization. Each area is looked at in three pieces that are broad in scope. The first is the historical perspective of how the UN has approached each area, then a current look at how the UN is doing and finally what role will the UN play in the future. In the last part it is a look at how world order is structured because of UN actions. The book is very well written and is almost a modern classic for those who study international relations and want to understand how the UN fits into the world. No matter the stance on pro or anti UN this is a great book to start understanding what role the UN plays in the world and a masterpiece of scholarship.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional pick, May 13, 2010

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College-level courses strong in international peace-keeping and UN history will find the sixth updated edition of Thomas G. Weiss, et.al.'s THE UNITED NATIONS AND CHANGING WORLD POLITICS an exceptional pick. It features a new chapter on evolving security operations, updates discussions of the UN's actions around the world, and discusses the global economic and financial crisis to bring all details up to date. College-level courses in political science and UN history will find this essential.

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