U.S. presidential leadership at the UN : 1945 to present / Meena Bose, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bose, Meenekshi, 1970-

Series:

White House Studies U.S. presidential leadership at the UN, 1945 to present

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--United States--History.

United Nations.

Presidents--United States--History--20th century.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--History--21st century.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Hauppauge], New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporation, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In October 2010, Hofstra University hosted a symposium evaluating American presidential leadership at the United Nations (UN) from 1945 to the present. Sixty-five years after the creation of this unique international organization in the final months of World War II, an evaluation of its achievements and challenges from the perspective of the American presidency was both timely and necessary. The United States hosts the UN, pays the largest share of its dues, and typically guides its agenda, particularly in matters of international peace and security. The president directs American foreign policy and therefore represents U.S. interests at the UN. How do American presidents work through the UN to achieve their foreign policy goals, and what are the prospects for future cooperation in the 21st century? This book presents the symposium findings. The first part examines how American institutions, namely, the president, Congress, and the executive branch, work with the international organization. The second part evaluates how presidents pursue multilateral policy initiatives through the UN as well as proposals for UN reform that would promote executive interests there more effectively. Contributors include experts on the American presidency, political communication, and international security. (Imprint: Nova)

Contents:

US presidential leadership at the United Nations : evaluating the past and looking ahead to the 21st century governance / Stephen Schlesinger

Classifying the changing role of the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations in presidential policy making / Meena Bose

The impact of dues withholding on the U.S.-U.N. relationship / Courtney B. Smith

Rhetorical constructions of global community : presidents and the UN / Andrew D. Barnes and Mary E. Stuckey

The American president and the United Nations Security Council : why bigger might be better / Paul Fritz

Presidential leadership and UN activities to end violence against women / Colleen J. Shogan

Why did busy bypass the UN in 2003? : unilateralism, multilateralism, and presidential leadership / Alexander Thompson

Concluding observations and comments / Jay M. Parker.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62948-922-0