Publication

2001-01-06 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

70,000 words, Guess

Page Count

280 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC341.23
  • LCCJZ4984.5 .K58 2000

Description

"The United Nations is at a critical juncture. It is faced with two distinct choices: to remain a 'decision frozen in time' or to develop a long-term adaptation agenda (and strategy) that would allow it to be a relevant institution of global governance for the twenty-first century. Reform and reflexive institutional adjustments have failed to address underlying problems facing this organization. After fifty-five years of existence it is still considered an inefficient and ineffective world body. Worse yet, its relevance is being questioned. This study offers a critique of existing UN change processes and then shifts focus to considerations of institutional learning strategies that would allow the UN to maintain relevance amidst the evolution of global governance arrangements. A bold policy suggestion - a subsidiarity model of global task allocation - is made regarding a new type of multilateral arrangement that would allow the UN to become a 'linchpin' mechanism for global governance."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • A Changing United Nations: Multilateral Evolution and the Quest for Global Governance (Global Issues (Thomson Learning).)HardcoverPalgrave Macmillan2001-01-06

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