1st Edition
United Nations, Volumes I and II Volume I: Systems and Structures Volume II: Functions and Futures
The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government is an essential reference series which compiles the most significant journal articles in comparative politics over the past 30 years. It makes readily accessible to teachers, researchers and students, an extensive range of essays which, together, provide an indispensable basis for understanding both the established conceptual terrain and the new ground being broken in the rapidly changing field of comparative political analysis. These two volumes include articles which examine the system, the structure, the function and the future of the United Nations.
Biography
Sam Daws, First Officer, Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General in New York, USA and Paul Taylor, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Leland M. Goodrich, W. Andy Knight, Daniele Archibugi, Paul Kennedy, Bruce Russett, Raino Malnes, Jesse Helms, Giulio M. Gallarotti, Erskine Childers, Simon Duke, Muchkund Dubey, Richard Falk, Sally Morphet, Leon Gordenker, Thomas G. Weiss, Dianne Otto, Antonio Domini, Michael Gurstein, Josef Klee, B.G. Ramcharan, Nabil Elaraby, Brian Urquhart, Inis L. Claude Jr., David D. Caron, Terry Terriff, James F. Keeley, Charles W. Kegley Jr., Yasushi Akashi, Marrack Goulding, Alan James, A.B. Fetherston, Kumar Banerji. W. Andy Knight, Michael Barnett. N.D. White, H. McCoubrey, Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Amir A. Majid, Eva Bertram, Reed Brody, Philip Alston, David P. Forsythe, Rachel Brett, Thomas G. Weiss, W. Ofuatey-Kodjoe, Sydney D. Bailey. K.P. Saskena, Peter Vale, Ian H. Rowlands,.
’These two volumes are a significant contribution to the ongoing process of stock-taking of the United Nations and its performance began at the 50th anniversary of the agency’s founding in 1995...there is much food for thought in the essays and those concerned with future reform of the UN would do well to heed the lessons offered by the contributors.’ Commonwealth Lawyers Association ’...offers a broad spectrum of opinions and authors...this essay collection enables the reader get an in-depth insight into theory and practice of the UN, especially university lecturers and students will appreciate this volume.’ Vereinten Nationen