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UN Ideas That Changed the World
Richard Jolly
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Description for UN Ideas That Changed the World
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Ideas and concepts have been a driving force in human progress, and they may be the most important legacy of the United Nations. UN ideas have set past, present, and future international agendas in many global economic and social arenas and have also led to initiatives and actions that have improved the quality of human life. This capstone volume draws upon findings of the other 14 books in the acclaimed United Nations Intellectual History Project Series. The authors not only assess the development and implementation of UN ideas regarding sustainable economic development and human security, but also apply lessons learned ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221186
SKU
V9780253221186
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About Richard Jolly
Richard Jolly is Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Louis Emmerij is Senior Research Fellow at The CUNY Graduate Center. Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.
Reviews for UN Ideas That Changed the World
A telling account of ideas in action.
The New York Review of Books
As the book makes clear, the UN is important as a site—or as a sort of ecological environment—for not just the exercise of power but also the exercise of imagination.November/December 2009
Foreign Affairs
A telling account of ideas in action.May 27, 2010
... Read more
The New York Review of Books
As the book makes clear, the UN is important as a site—or as a sort of ecological environment—for not just the exercise of power but also the exercise of imagination.November/December 2009
Foreign Affairs
A telling account of ideas in action.May 27, 2010
... Read more