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UN Malaise. Power, Problems and Realpolitik.
Geoff Simons
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Description for UN Malaise. Power, Problems and Realpolitik.
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 483.
As the United Nations moves into its second half-century the international organization is beset by problems. It is increasingly suborned or ignored by the USA, pursuing its own global objectives. The UN is inadequately resourced and faces many other barriers erected by Washington and other powerful states. UN personnel are frequently accused of mismanagement, corruption and even the abuse of human rights. There is also the problem of how the UN should develop to best serve the real world community, not what the West usually means by the 'international community'. Finally, the 'other UN' (the IMF, the World Bank, GATT, ... Read more
As the United Nations moves into its second half-century the international organization is beset by problems. It is increasingly suborned or ignored by the USA, pursuing its own global objectives. The UN is inadequately resourced and faces many other barriers erected by Washington and other powerful states. UN personnel are frequently accused of mismanagement, corruption and even the abuse of human rights. There is also the problem of how the UN should develop to best serve the real world community, not what the West usually means by the 'international community'. Finally, the 'other UN' (the IMF, the World Bank, GATT, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349242993
SKU
V9781349242993
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