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Dive into a critical exploration of global governance with 'What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It.' This enlightening book addresses the persistent crises facing the United Nations, seven decades post-establishment. Written by leading scholar Thomas G. Weiss, this revised and updated third edition delves into the UN's struggles to adapt to contemporary international challenges. Readers will discover an insightful analysis of international leadership, the complexities of diplomacy between the North and South, and the structural inefficiencies within the UN's multiple agencies and bodies.
With a focus on practical solutions, Weiss presents a diagnostic framework to understand these issues and offers a roadmap for reform. His commitment to positive change in global governance is evident as he outlines specific, pragmatic examples that could be implemented to revitalize the UN's effectiveness. This book is essential for anyone interested in international relations, global governance, or the future of the United Nations.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509507443
Year: 2016
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 320
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509507443
Year: 2016
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 320
Description:
Seven decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related organizations and programs are perpetually in crisis. While the twentieth-century™s world wars gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, today™s UN is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary challenges to world order. Neither the end of the Cold War nor the aftermath of 9/11 has led to the śnext generationť of multilateral institutions. But what exactly is wrong with the UN that makes it incapable of confronting contemporary global challenges and, more importantly, can we fix it?
In this revised and updated third edition of his popular text, leading scholar of global governance Thomas G. Weiss takes a diagnose-and-cure approach to the world organization™s inherent difficulties. In the first half of the book, he considers: the problems of international leadership and decision making in a world of self-interested states; the diplomatic complications caused by the artificial divisions between the industrialized North and the global South; the structural problems of managing the UN™s many overlapping jurisdictions, agencies, and bodies; and the challenges of bureaucracy and leadership The second half shows how to mitigate these maladies and points the way to a world in which the UN™s institutional ills might be ścured.ťÂ Weiss™s remedies are not based on pious hopes of a miracle cure for the UN, but rather on specific and encouraging examples that could be replicated. With considered optimism and in contrast to received wisdom, he contends that s
With a focus on practical solutions, Weiss presents a diagnostic framework to understand these issues and offers a roadmap for reform. His commitment to positive change in global governance is evident as he outlines specific, pragmatic examples that could be implemented to revitalize the UN's effectiveness. This book is essential for anyone interested in international relations, global governance, or the future of the United Nations.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509507443
Year: 2016
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 320
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509507443
Year: 2016
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 320
Description:
Seven decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related organizations and programs are perpetually in crisis. While the twentieth-century™s world wars gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, today™s UN is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary challenges to world order. Neither the end of the Cold War nor the aftermath of 9/11 has led to the śnext generationť of multilateral institutions. But what exactly is wrong with the UN that makes it incapable of confronting contemporary global challenges and, more importantly, can we fix it?
In this revised and updated third edition of his popular text, leading scholar of global governance Thomas G. Weiss takes a diagnose-and-cure approach to the world organization™s inherent difficulties. In the first half of the book, he considers: the problems of international leadership and decision making in a world of self-interested states; the diplomatic complications caused by the artificial divisions between the industrialized North and the global South; the structural problems of managing the UN™s many overlapping jurisdictions, agencies, and bodies; and the challenges of bureaucracy and leadership The second half shows how to mitigate these maladies and points the way to a world in which the UN™s institutional ills might be ścured.ťÂ Weiss™s remedies are not based on pious hopes of a miracle cure for the UN, but rather on specific and encouraging examples that could be replicated. With considered optimism and in contrast to received wisdom, he contends that s