David J. Whittaker

United Nations in the Contemporary World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This provides an interdisciplinary history of the UN and debates the key issues for its future. David J. Whittaker gives a cogent analysis of how the UN addresses today's world problems and how it can adapt for the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781138162785
• ISBN-10: 1138162787
• Artikelnr.: 69882932

Autorenporträt

David J. Whittaker

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Infrastructural Change 1. The Ideas and Structures of 1945 2.
Changing UN Ideas and Approaches 3. Sovereign States as UN Members Part II.
The UN in a Changing International Environment 4. Peacekeeping 5. Arms
Control and Disarmament 6. The UN and the Developing World 7. The UN and an
Urbanizing World 8. Helping Refugees Part III: Facing the Future 9.
Selective Tally of Suggested Reforms Outlining Problems, Listing
Recommendations and Noting Reservations 10. The UN Shapes the Future: An
Evaluation