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Author:

Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946-

Title:

Global governance and the UN : an unfinished journey / Thomas G. Weiss and Ramesh Thakur ; foreword by John Gerard Ruggie.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxvi, 420 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

International organization
International cooperation
United Nations.

Other Authors:

Thakur, Ramesh Chandra, 1948-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The probl©♭matique of global governance -- Tracing the origins of an idea and the UN's contribution -- Part 1 : international security -- The use of force : war, collective security, and peace operations -- Arms control and disarmament -- Terrorism -- Part 2 : development -- Trade, aid, and finance -- Sustainable development -- Saving the environment : the ozone layer and climate change -- Part 3 : human rights -- Generations of rights -- Protecting against pandemics -- The responsibility to protect.

Series:

United Nations intellectual history project

ISBN:

0253221676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253221674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253354307 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253354303 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317925490

LCCN:

2009036271

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)