ConUNdrum
Subtitle: the limits of the United Nations and the search for alternatives
By: edited by Brett D. Schaefer.
Contributors: Schaefer, Brett D.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781442200067; 9781442200081
Subjects: United Nations -- Evaluation
Description: "Published in cooperation with the Heritage Foundation."--Title page verso.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Smart multilateralism : when and when not to rely on the United Nations / Kim R. Holmes; title: Making law : the United Nations' role in formulating and enforcing international law / Lee A. Casey and David B. Rivkin Jr; title: Mission improbable : international interventions, the United Nations, and the challenge of conflict resolution / Greg Mills and Terence McNamee; title: Dysfunction in international environmental policy : how the U.N. undermines effective solutions / Christopher C. Horner; title: Human wrongs : why the U.N. is ill equipped to champion human rights / Brett D. Schaefer and Steven Groves; title: The quest for happiness : how the U.N.'s advocacy of economic, social, and cultural rights undermines liberty and opportunity / Susan Yoshihara; title: The United Nations and development : grand aims, modest results / Terry Miller; title: Promoting free trade through the United Nations / Daniella Markheim; title: Restoring the role of the nation-state system in arms control and disarmament / Baker Spring; title: Curing the international health system / Roger Bate and Karen Porter.