| Description |
1 online resource (171 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Very short introductions
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Very short introductions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-161) and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The best hope of mankind?: A brief history of the UN; 2 An impossible hybrid: the structure of the United Nations; 3 Facing wars, confronting threats: the UN Security Council in action; 4 Peacekeeping to peacebuilding; 5 Economic development to human development; 6 Rights and responsibilities: human rights to human security; 7 Reform and challenges: the future of the United Nations; Chronology; Glossary: acronyms of major UN organs and agencies used in the text; References; Further reading; Index. |
| Summary |
The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of mankind" to "irrelevant" and "obsolete." With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimaki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how it has come to its present form, and how it must confront new challenges in a rapidly changing world. After a brief history of the United Nations and its predecessor, the League of Nations, the author examines the UN's successes and failures as a guardian o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United Nations.
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United Nations. |
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United Nations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hanhimäki, Jussi M., 1965- United Nations. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©2008 9780195304374 |
| ISBN |
9780199724192 (electronic book) |
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0199724199 (electronic book) |
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