Title:
Multilateralism under challenge? : power, international order, and structural change
Author:
Newman, Edward, 1970-
ISBN:
9789280811292
Publication Information:
Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2006.
Physical Description:
xiii, 563 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Themes. Saving humanity from hell / Communication multilateralism / The contigent legitimacy of multilateralism / Power and world order / Multilateralism, sovereignty and normative change in world politics / From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique / The genealogy of multilateralism : reflections on an organizational form and its crisis / Multilateral crises in historical perspective / GEN-BOOKs and challenges. Something old, something new : theoretical perspectives on contemporary international peace and security / Weapons of mass destruction / International humanitarianism in the contemporary world : forms and issues
Progress and problems in the multilateral human rights regime / Environmental multilateralism under challenge? / AIDS, power, culture and multilateralism / The uninvited challenge : terrorism targets the United Nations / Civil wars, globalization, and the "Washington Consensus" / Using military force for human protection : what next? / Social movements and multilateralism / Multilateralism and economic justice / From unilateralism to bilateralism : challenges for the multilateral trade system / Multilateralism as a way of life in Europe / Between a rock and a hard place : Latin America and multilateralism after 9/11 / From economic to security multilateralism : great powers and international order in the Asia Pacific^^
multilateralism under challenge or in crisis?
Abstract:
The principles, values and manifestations of multilateralism, including the United Nations, are under sustained scrutiny and assault. Their performance and effectiveness are questioned, as are their decision-making procedures and their representation according to 21st century standards of accountability and democracy. All this has a corrosive effect on their legitimacy. This publication explores the performance and future of multilateral approaches and institutions with reference to major global challenges such as international security, terrorism, HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, economic justice, human rights and humanitarian assistance.--Publisher's description.
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