Ahead of the curve? [electronic resource] : UN ideas and global challenges / Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emmerij, Louis.

Contributor:

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

Jolly, Richard.

Series:

United Nations intellectual history project (Series)

United Nations intellectual history project

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--History.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ideas and concepts are arguably the most important legacy of the United Nations. Ahead of the Curve? analyzes the evolution of key ideas and concepts about international economic and social development born or nurtured, refined or applied under UN auspices since 1945. The authors evaluate the policy ideas coming from UN organizations and scholars in relation to such critical issues as decolonization, sustainable development, structural adjustment, basic needs, human rights, women, world employment, the

Contents:

Contents; Boxes, Tables, and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Four Powerful Ideas and the Early Years; 2 Development Hits Its Stride in the 1960s; 3 Employment Creation and Basic Needs; 4 UN World Conferences and Global Challenges; 5 Current Orthodoxy, the New Social Question, and Policy Alternatives; 6 The Socialist Bloc's Collapse; 7 Widening Global Gaps; 8 Governance, Good Governance, and Global Governance; 9 Conclusion: The United Nations and Ideas; Notes; Index; About the Authors; About the UN Intellectual History Project

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-238) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-06583-1

0-253-10830-6

OCLC:

437072192