Human Rights at the UN

Roger Normand, Sarah Zaidi

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• Human rights activists Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi provide a broad political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement i... Lees meer

Un Voices

Thomas G Weiss, Tatiana Carayannis, Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• "The authors have cajoled, intrigued, or reassured their 73 'voices' into telling a fascinating story of the UN and its institutions, which is also a ... Lees meer

Unity and Diversity in Development Ideas

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• This second volume from the United Nations Intellectual History Project surveys the history of the UN's regional commissions and the ideas they have d... Lees meer

Women, Development, and the Un

Devaki Jain

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• "Devaki Jain opens the doors of the United Nations and shows how it has changed the female half of the world--and vice versa. Women, Development, and ... Lees meer

The UN and Global Political Economy

John Toye, Richard Toye

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• A dramatic account of the UN's struggle over how best to understand severe inequities in the global economy. Lees meer

Human Security and the UN

S Neil MacFarlane, Yuen Foong Khong

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• How did the individual human being become the focus of the contemporary discourse on security? What was the role of the United Nations in "securing" t... Lees meer

Global Governance and the UN

Thomas G Weiss, Ramesh Thakur

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• In the 21st century, the world is faced with threats of global scale that cannot be confronted without collective action. Although global government a... Lees meer

Quantifying the World

Michael Ward

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about life as well as to deepen an understanding of reality. This history of the UN's ro... Lees meer

UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice

Richard Jolly, Louis Emmerij, Dharam Ghai, Frédéric Lapeyre

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• Offers a history of the ideas and realities of international development, from the classical economists to the emphasis on human rights, and a history... Lees meer

UN Ideas That Changed the World

Richard Jolly, Louis Emmerij, Thomas G Weiss

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• Ideas and concepts have been a driving force in human progress, and they may be the most important legacy of the United Nations. UN ideas have set pas... Lees meer

The UN and Transnational Corporations

Tagi Sagafi-Nejad, John H Dunning

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• Are transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment beneficial or harmful to societies around the world? Since the birth of the United... Lees meer

Preventive Diplomacy at the Un

Bertrand G Ramcharan

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• The concept of preventive diplomacy has captivated the United Nations since it was first articulated by Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. This work ... Lees meer

Development Without Destruction

Nico Schrijver

• Paperback | Engels | United Nations Intellectual History Project
• Since 1945, the UN has been actively engaged in conceptualizing strategies for both economic development and a sustainable environment. From a broad h... Lees meer