Title: UN Security Council : practice and promise /
Authors: Luck, Edward C.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2006
Subjects: United Nations.; Security, International.
Abstract: "This new text is broad and engaging enough for undergraduates, sophisticated enough for graduates and lively enough for a wider audience interested in the key institutions of international public policy." "Looking at the antecedents of the UN Security Council, as well as the current issues and future challenges that it faces, this new book includes: historical perspectives, the founding vision, procedures and practices, economic enforcement, peace operations and military enforcement, human security, proliferation and WMD, terrorism, and reform, adaptation and change."--Jacket.
Contents: Grading the great experiment -- The founding vision -- Defining the Council through charter and practice -- Peace operations -- Military enforcement -- Economic sanctions, arms embargoes, and diplomatic instruments -- Enlisting and empowering partners -- The humanitarian imperative -- Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction -- Reform, adaptation, and evolution -- Reflection and projection.