The United Nations in the 21st Century (Paperback, 6 ed)

1 The United Nations in World Politics The United Nations in World Politics: Vision and Reality? Contending International Relations Theories? Dilemmas the UN Faces 2 The Evolution of the United Nations System The League of Nations? The Origins of the United Nations? The Organization of the United Nations? Global Conferences and Summits Persistent Organizational Problems and the Challenges of Reform? 3 Actors in the United Nations System The Role of States? Coalitions, Blocs, and the Importance of Consensus? The Secretary-General and the UN Secretariat as Key Actors: The Second UN? Nonstate Actors: The Third UN? 4 Maintaining International Peace and Security Linking International Relations Theories? Maintaining Peace and Security: The UN Charter and Its Evolution? Mechanisms for Peaceful Settlement and Preventive Diplomacy? Collective Security, Enforcement, and Sanctions? Peace Operations: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding? Humanitarian Intervention?R2P and POC?Providing Human Security Arms Control and Disarmament? Countering Terrorism Dilemmas the UN Faces 5 Economic Development and Sustainability The Organization and Approaches of the UN System for Promoting Development Operational Activities and Functional Divisions by Issue Areas The UN and Evolving Ideas About Development? The UN and Other Actors? Lessons Learned? Dilemmas the UN Faces 6 Advancing International Human Rights From the League of Nations to the United Nations? UN Charter Principles and Organizational Structures? The Role of the UN in Human Rights? The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations? The Role of Celebrities Case Studies of the UN System in Action? Efforts to Address Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and War Crimes Evaluating the UN’s Human Rights Record? Dilemmas the UN Faces 7 Protection of the Environment Genesis of an Idea: The Stockholm ConferenceThe Institutional Framework for Environmental Protection Comparing UN System Initiatives on Ozone Depletion and Climate Change Protecting Biological Diversity Dilemmas the UN Faces 8 Human Security: Health, Food, Migration, and Trafficking An Expanded View of Security? The UN, Health, and Human Security The UN and Efforts to Ensure Food Security The UN and the Refugee and Migration Crisis Human Trafficking: The Modern Form of Slavery Dilemmas the UN Faces? 9 Is There a Future for the United Nations? Does the UN Make a Difference?? Lessons About What the UN Cannot Do? Factors in UN Success and Failure? Can the UN Be Reformed?? Linking the UN to Global Governance? Appendix: Charter of the United Nations (Selected Sections)