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By Thomas G Weiss & Roger A Coate
Westview Press
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With updates throughout, this newly revised sixth edition serves as the definitive text for courses on the United Nations. Built around three critical themes in international relations—international peace and security, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and building peace through sustainable development— The United Nations and Changing World Politics guides readers through the complexity of politics and history of the UN. Students of all levels will learn what the UN is, how it operates, and what its relationships are with external actors and institutions, from sovereign states to nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations now playing important roles in world politics. Featuring a new chapter on evolving security operations and a new foreword by Ramesh Thakur, the sixth edition includes updated discussions of the UN’s actions in Darfur and Chad, the tenure of Ban Ki-moon, and the global economic and financial meltdown. Contents
Part One. International Peace and Security
1. The Theory of UN Collective Security
2. UN Security Efforts During the Cold War
3. UN Security Operations After the Cold War
4. Evolving Security Operations: Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, and Sudan
5. The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Part Two. Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
6. The United Nations, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Affairs Theory
7. The United Nations and Applying Human Rights Standards
8. Change, the United Nations, and Human Rights
Part Three. Sustainable Human Development
9. Theories of Development at the United Nations
10. Sustainable Development as Process: UN Organizations and Norms
11. The UN, Development, and Globalization
12. Conclusion: Learning from Change
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By Karen A Mingst
Westview Press
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The third edition of this popular text focuses on major events since 2000, including 9/11 and the war against terrorism, the Iraq War's effect on the UN's relevance, and the Millennium Development Goals. Thoroughly revised throughout, the text also has a new chapter on human security issues that encompasses environmental concerns and global health. |
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By Mark C. Carnes
Longman
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The political history of the United States is intimately tied with its social, economic and cultural development. Co-authors Mark Carnes and John Garraty explore this relationship and show how it took the voices and actions of many peoples to produce this singular political structure - The United States of America. Long renowned for its elegant narrative style, The American Nation in this Thirteenth Edition retains its most significant strength--its rich and memorable prose. |
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United Nations Publications
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UN publication sales number E.08.I.6. |
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By Mary Beth Norton, David W. Blight & Fredrik Logevall
Wadsworth Publishing
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The Brief Edition of A PEOPLE AND A NATION preserves the text's approach to American history as a story of all American people. Known for a number of strengths, including its well-respected author team and engaging narrative, the book emphasizes social history, giving particular attention to race and racial identity. Like its full-length counterpart, the Brief Eighth Edition focuses on stories of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture. A new design makes for easier reading and note-taking. Events up to and including the election of 2008 are updated and included, and new chapter has been written on "The Contested West." Available in the following split options: A PEOPLE AND A NATION, Brief Eighth Edition Complete (Chapters 1-33), ISBN: 0547175582; Volume I: To 1877 (Chapters 1-16), ISBN: 0547175590; Volume II: Since 1865 (Chapters 16-33), ISBN: 0547175604. |
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By Mary Beth Norton, David M. Katzman & Howard Chudacoff
Wadsworth Publishing
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Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this economically priced version of A People and a Nation, 8/e, offers readers the complete text while limiting the number of photos and maps. All volumes feature a paperback, two-color format that appeals to those seeking a comprehensive, trade-sized history text. With stories of everyday people and coverage of cultural diversity, work, and popular culture, this spirited narrative brings history to life by offering the latest scholarship and captivating stories throughout the text. |
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By Mark C. Carnes
Longman
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The political history of the United States is intimately tied with its social, economic and cultural development. Co-authors Mark Carnes and John Garraty explore this relationship and show how it took the voices and actions of many peoples to produce this singular political structure - The United States of America. Long renowned for its elegant narrative style, The American Nation in this Thirteenth Edition retains its most significant strength--its rich and memorable prose. |
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By Lawrence Ziring & Jack A. Plano
Wadsworth Publishing
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The fourth edition of THE UNITED NATIONS heralds an organization at the crossroads of history. This best-selling text is a comprehensive volume of all that is relevant of the United Nations system from its inception to these opening years of the millennium, analyzing the history, processes, structure and functions of the organization. While the thread of terror weaves its way through the text, every effort has been made to discuss the world organization's continuing role in assisting nations and peoples in distress from underdevelopment, from population overload, from pandemic disease, and political instability. |
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By Jean Krasno
Praeger
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Following the Gulf War from 1991 to 1998, the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was created to unveil and eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction through inspections. This study describes how UNSCOM was designed to maintain its independence and authority, detailing the dramatic events that occurred as UNSCOM attempted to deal with an intransigent Iraq. |
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United Nations Association of the USA
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Essays by experts on global issues -- international security, peacekeeping, climate change, humanitarian and development aid and human rights -- facing the United Nations. |
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