The diplomacy of hope
Subtitle: the United Nations since the Cold War
By: Newton R. Bowles.
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: United Nations.; Security, International.; International cooperation.; World politics -- 1989-
Description: "Will the United Nations survive the convulsions over the US-led attack on Iraq and its aftermath? How will it respond to the worldwide threat of terrorism? This book shows these crises as the latest chapter in the struggle for peace and stability and analyses the negative and positive aspects of the organization. While focusing on a post-Soviet world now firmly set in the turbulent 21st century, the book traces the genesis of the current major concerns facing the UN back to their origins. It sets out a full account of UN security (peacebuilding) doctrine and action; of disarmament strategies; of its criminal juristiction; of human rights issues; of globalization and poverty contradictions; and of UN financing worries. The book explores how the UN works and describes how the tension between the elite Security Council and the all-inclusive General Assembly can frustrate further action."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: The great thaw?; title: Human insecurity : ten years and more; title: Disarm : life or death?; title: Who owns terror?; title: No hiding place : war criminals; title: Human rights, human wrecks; title: Women : the whole world in their hands?; title: Children : the future is now; title: Humanitarian rescue and on; title: People and poverty; title: The world around us : the environment; title: Natures's terror : HIV/AIDS; title: 'We the people' : civil society; title: Mapping, management, money; title: The millennium; title: Into the twenty-first century; title: Yes, we can.