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02963aam a2200397 i 4500 001 BBDEB37C840811E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 170808t20182018enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017019714 020 $a 150951726X 020 $a 9781509517268 020 $a 1509517251 020 $a 9781509517251 035 $a (OCoLC)990854197 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d QGJ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d EAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JZ4984.5 $b .W4595 2018 082 00 $a 341.23 $2 23 100 1 $a Weiss, Thomas G. $q (Thomas George), $d 1946- $e author. 245 10 $a Would the world be better without the UN? / $c Thomas G. Weiss [with a foreword by Kofi A. Annan]. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Polity Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xvi, 220 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and index. 520 $a Do we need the United Nations? Would the contemporary world be without its largest intergovernmental organization? And where might it be had the UN's member states and staff performed better? These fundamental questions are explored in this hard-hitting, authoritative book by the leading analyst of UN history and politics, Thomas G. Weiss. While counterfactuals are often dismissed as academic contrivances, they can serve to focus the mind; and, here, Weiss uses them ably to demonstrate the pluses and minuses of multilateral cooperation. He is not shy about UN achievements and failures drawn from its ideas and operatiosn in its three substantive pillars of activities: international peace and security; human rights and humanitarian action; and sustainable development. But, he argues, the inward-looking and populist movements in electoral politics worldwide make robust multilateralism more, not less, compelling. The selection of AntoÌnio Guterres as the ninth UN secretary-general shoudl rekindle critical thinking about the potential for international cooperation. There is a desperate need to reinvigorate and update rather than jettison the UN in responding to threats from climate change to pandemcis, from proliferation to terrorism. Weiss tells you why and how--back cover. 610 20 $a United Nations. 650 0 $a Security, International $x International cooperation. 650 0 $a Peace-building $x International cooperation. 650 0 $a Human rights $x International cooperation. 650 0 $a Poverty $x International cooperation. 650 0 $a Environmental quality $x International cooperation. 700 1 $a Annan, Kofi A. $q (Kofi Atta), $e writer of foreword. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- $t Would the world be better without the UN? $d Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, [2018] $z 9781509517282 $w (DLC) 2017043448 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213023106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BBDEB37C840811E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search