A United Nations Renaissance : What the UN is, and what it could be / John E. Trent, Laura Schnurr

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trent, John E., Author.

Schnurr, Laura, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

intergovernmental organizations.

global institutions.

institutional reforms.

Local Subjects:

intergovernmental organizations.

global institutions.

institutional reforms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leverkusen Verlag Barbara Budrich 2017

Language Note:

English.

Biography/History:

Prof. John Trent, Fellow of the Centre on Governanceat the University of Ottawa, Canada, formerly professorand chair of the University's Department of PoliticalScience and Secretary General of the InternationalPolitical Science Association for more than a decade. Laura Schnurr works on social innovation with the J.W. McConnell Foundation, completed an MA in GlobalStudies at the University of Freiburg, and runs a socialenterprise operating in Canada and Uganda.

Summary:

This short introduction to the United Nations analyzes the organization as itis today, and how it can be transformed to respond to its critics. Combiningessential information about its history and workings with practical proposalsof how it can be strengthened, Trent and Schnurr examine what needs to bedone, and also how we can actually move toward the required reforms. Thisbook is written for a new generation of change-makers — a generation seekingbetter institutions that reflect the realities of the 21st century and that can actcollectively in the interest of all.

Ein wichtiges, informatives Buch, das zur rechten Zeit kommt. Es macht deutlich, was auf dem Spiel steht: eine multilateral ausgehandelte, nach Aus- gleich und Frieden strebende Weltordnung, die in Chaos und Elend zu versinken droht. welt-sichten 5/2018

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-SA

ISBN:

9783847408604

3847408607