The United Nations and Changing World Politics by Weiss, Thomas G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Tables and Illustrations Preface Foreword to the Seventh Edition Acronyms Introduction

The Legal Foundations of Sovereignty State Sovereignty Changing Raisons d’État The United Nations: Actor or Institutional Framework? UN Politics Notes

PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

1 The Theory of UN Collective Security

Collective Security The United Nations and Security: Some Basics Regional Arrangements Straying from the Ideal Notes

2 UN Security Efforts During the Cold War

The Early Years: Palestine, Korea, Suez, the Congo Understanding Peacekeeping “Chapter Six and a Half” on Hold, 1978–1988 Economic Sanctions Notes

3 UN Security Operations After the Cold War, 1988–1998

The First UN Military Operations After the End of the Cold War, 1988–1993 The Rebirth of Peacekeeping Moving Toward the Next Generation Moving Toward Enforcement Nonforcible Sanctions in the Post–Cold War Era: Humanitarian Dilemmas Operational Quandaries: Cambodia, the Former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Rwanda, and Haiti Conclusion Notes

Using Military Force for Human Protection Purposes Implications for the UN’s Security Efforts The Crisis in the Balkans Turmoil in Timor-Leste (East Timor) Reestablishing Stability in Sierra Leone Lebanon—Again Darfur, Sudan Côte d’Ivoire Libya Syria Conclusion: Whither the Responsibility to Protect? Notes

5 The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

After September 11, What’s New? Political Challenges The Challenges of Reform The 2005 World Summit Strengthening the Secretariat Strengthening the Role of Women Explaining Change Notes

PART TWO: HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

6 The United Nations, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Affairs

The Theory Understanding Rights Basic Norms in the UN Era Core Norms Beyond the Charter Supplementing the Core Notes

7 The United Nations and Applying Human Rights Standards

Security Council General Assembly International Criminal Court Office of the Secretary-General High Commissioner for Human Rights Commission on Human Rights, 1946–2006 Human Rights Council, 2006–Present Supplemental Human Rights Bodies Human Rights and Development Emergency Assistance Notes

8 Change, the United Nations, and Human Rights

More on Raisons d’État State Coalitions Nonstate Actors Theories of Change Notes

PART THREE: SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

9 Theories of Development at the United Nations

The Politics of Changing Theories Notes

10 Sustainable Development as Process: UN Organizations and Norms

Understanding the Organizational Chart: Coordination, Again Particular Contributions to Sustainable Development The World Bank, IMF, and WTO Norm Creation and Coherence: A History of Ideas The UN’s Sustainable Human Development Model Notes

11 The UN and Development in a Globalizing World

Globalization The MDG Strategy Implementing the MDGs A Global Partnership for Development Explaining Change Notes

Conclusion: Learning from Change

Measuring Change Learning Lessons? Articulation and Aggregation of Interests Rule Making Applying Rules Some Final Thoughts Notes

Appendix A: The United Nations System Appendix B: Concise List of Internet Sites Relevant to the United Nations Appendix C: Charter of the United Nations Appendix D: United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights About the Book and Authors Index