A United Nations Renaissance
What the UN is, and what it could be
1st Edition
Published on 4. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
166 pages
978-3-8474-0711-9 (ISBN)
Description
This short introduction to the United Nations analyzes the organization as itis today, and how it can be transformed to respond to its critics. Combiningessential information about its history and workings with practical proposalsof how it can be strengthened, Trent and Schnurr examine what needs to bedone, and also how we can actually move toward the required reforms. Thisbook is written for a new generation of change-makers - a generation seekingbetter institutions that reflect the realities of the 21st century and that can actcollectively in the interest of all.
Reviews / Votes
Ein wichtiges, informatives Buch, das zur rechten Zeit kommt. Es macht deutlich, was auf dem Spiel steht: eine multilateral ausgehandelte, nach Ausgleich und Frieden strebende Weltordnung, die in Chaos und Elend zu versinken droht.welt-sichten 5/2018
Das Buch ist ein Plädoyer für einen forschen Blick nach vorn und dabei zugleich bodenständig gehalten: gut lesbar, logisch aufgebaut und sehr kompakt - ganz im Sinne des ehemaligen UN-Generalsekretärs Ban Ki-moon, den die autoren im Buch auch zitieren: "träume groß, aber denke praktisch."
Vereinte Nationen 3/2019
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Persons
Prof. John Trent is a Fellow of the Centre on Governanceat the University of Ottawa, Canada, formerly professorand chair of the University's Department of PoliticalScience and Secretary General of the International Political Science Association for more than a decade. Laura Schnurr works on social innovation with the J.W. McConnell Foundation, completed an MA in GlobalStudies at the University of Freiburg, and runs a socialenterprise operating in Canada and Uganda.
Content
IntroductionLaura SchnurrChapter 1: Evolving International Organizations - The Past and the PresentJohn E. TrentChapter 2: Peace and Security - From International to Regional ConflictsFixing the Security CouncilJohn E. TrentChapter 3: Social and Economic Development Laura SchnurrChapter 4: The Humanitarian Side of the United Nations Laura SchnurrChapter 5: Workable Global Institutions - How to Get from Here to ThereJohn E. Trent