Wartime origins and the future United Nations / edited by Dan Plesch and Thomas G. Weiss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Plesch, Daniel, editor.

Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- editor.

Series:

Global institutions series ; 94.

Global institutions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--History.

United Nations.

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (1944 : Bretton Woods, N.H.).

United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference.

Reconstruction (1939-1951).

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945.

Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.

Civilian relief.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 227 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

The creation of the UN system during World War II is a largely unknown or forgotten story among contemporary decision makers, international relations specialists, and policy analysts. This book aims to recover the wartime history of the United Nations and explore how the forgotten past can shed light on a possible and more desirable future. To achieve this, each chapter takes three snapshots: "Then," the imaginative and transnational thinking about solutions to post-war problems demonstrated a realization that victory in WW II required an intergovernmental "system" with enough power and competence to work-that is, the UN was not established as a liberal plaything and public relations ploy but rather as a vital necessity for post-war order and prosperity. "Now," which often seems a pale imitation of wartime thinking that nonetheless reflects a growing and widespread recognition of the fundamental disconnect between the nature of trans-boundary problems and current solutions seen as feasible by 193 UN member states. "Next steps," or the collective wisdom about the range of new thinking and new institutions that, in fact, may well have antecedents in wartime thinking and experimentation and could be labelled blue-prints for a "third generation" of intergovernmental organizations. This work will be essential reading for all students and scholars of the United Nations, International Organizations and Global Governance. Book jacket.

Contents:

Prewar and wartime postwar planning: antecedents to the UN moment in San Francisco, 1945 / J. Simon Rofe

The UN public diplomacy: communicating the post-national message / Giles Scott-Smith

Educators across borders: the Council of Allied Ministers of Education, 1942-45 / Miriam Intrator

Building on the 1943-48 United Nations War Crime Commission / Dan Plesch

UNRRA's operational genius and institutional design / Eli Karetny and Thomas G. Weiss

Towards universal relief and rehabilitation: India, UNRRA, and the new internationalism / Manu Bhagavan

The United Nations and development: from the origins to current challenges / John Burley and Stephen Browne

Financing gaps, competitiveness, and capabilities: why Bretton Woods needs a radical rethink / Pallavi Roy

Stable agricultural markets and world order: the FAO, and ITO, 1943-1949 / Ruth Jacherz

Conclusion: past as prelude, whither the United Nations? / Dan Plesch and Thomas G. Weiss.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Rofe, J. Simon. Prewar and wartime postwar planning.

Scott-Smith, Giles, 1968- UN public diplomacy.

Intrator, Miriam. Educators across borders.

Plesch, Daniel. Building on the 1943-48 United Nations War Crime Commission.

Karetny, Eli. NRRA's operational genius and institutional design.

Bhagavan, Manu Belur, 1970- Towards universal relief and rehabilitation.

Burley, Johm. United Nations and development.

Roy, Pallavi. Financing gaps, competitiveness, and capabilities.

Jachertz, Ruth. Stable agricultural markets and world order.

ISBN:

9780415712651

0415712653

9780415712675

041571267X

OCLC:

898334258