The Oxford handbook on the United Nations
By: edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws.
Contributors: Weiss, Thomas George.; Daws, Sam.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 810
ISBN-13: 9780199279517
Subjects: United Nations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Other titles: United Nations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [716]-732) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Introduction ; World politics: continuity and change since 1945; title: pt. 2. Theoretical frameworks ; Political approaches ; Legal perspectives ; Evolution in knowledge; title: pt. 3. Principal organs ; General Assembly ; Security Council ; Economic and Social Council ; Trusteeship Council ; Secretariat: independence and reform ; Secretary-General ; International Court of Justice; title: pt. 4. Relationships with other actors ; Regional groups and alliances ; Bretton Woods institutions ; Civil society ; Private sector ; Media; title: pt. 5. International peace and security ; Disarmament ; Peaceful settlement of disputes and conflict prevention ; Peacekeeping operations ; Sanctions ; Peace enforcement ; Humanitarian intervention ; Post-conflict peacebuilding ; Terrorism; title: pt. 6. Human rights ; Norms and machinery ; International criminal court and ad hoc tribunals ; Humanitarian action and coordination ; Women and gender ; Children ; Minorities and indigenous peoples ; Human security; title: pt. 7. Development ; Coordinating economic and social affairs ; Health and infectious disease ; Natural resource management and sustainable development ; Organized crime ; Democracy and good governance ; Human development; title: pt. 8. Prospects for reform ; Principal organs ; Financing ; Widening participation; title: Appendicies; title: Subject index; title: Personal name index.