{"product_id":"the-new-united-nations-9781032250960","title":"The New United Nations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third edition of this successful text highlights new international trends toward global governance, nation-building, and human development, while also assessing the extraordinary challenges confronting the United Nations at this critical moment in international affairs, not least being the ubiquity of conflict in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, and the global threats of disease, climate change, and the retreat from multilateralism by the great powers. A comprehensive guide to the world bodyâs institutions, procedures, policies, specialized agencies, historic personalities, initiatives, and involvement in world affairs, \u003ci\u003eThe New United Nations\u003c\/i\u003e is organized thematically, blending both topical and chronological explanations, making reference to current scholarly terms and theories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to this edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eFully updated chapters and a new Introduction, including discussion of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, the worldâs response to COVID-19, and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for The New United Nations, Third Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors’ writing style is clear and easy to read even for students who are not IR or political science majors. I applaud the authors’ recognition of the new role of regional international organizations. The authors’ strategy to provide a narrative that grabs students’ interest and curiosity in the introduction will engage students to learn more about the dynamism of the UN in the context of twenty-first century peace and security issues, such as terrorism, cyber security, and the seeming intractable poverty, ethnic, gender and development problems in the developing countries…. The book has the potential to serve colleges and universities nation-wide in the United States, and internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSunday P. Obazuaye, Cerritos College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccurate and meticulously researched. A well-written, up to-date treatment of the United Nations not only as an intergovernmental institution but also as the embodiment of the rule of law among and within states. Written in plain, easy-to-understand language, the authors aptly describe and fairly assess the strengths and weaknesses of the United Nations as well as the ways it has adapted and continues to evolve in order to meet the monumental challenges that it faces today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNikolaos Zahariadis, Rhodes College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third edition of The New United Nations is a very comprehensive, yet readable, introduction to what the UN is and what it could yet be. The writing is crisp, transporting the reader from global conferences of diplomats into the locales where much of the work of the United Nations is performed. Even though it’s intended to be a textbook, it reads in parts like an action thriller. Professors Moore and Pubantz empower readers to understand so they are better prepared to act as informed (global) citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Eaton, National Model United Nations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe New United Nations\u003c\/em\u003e, Third Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors’ writing style is clear and easy to read even for students who are not IR or political science majors. I applaud the authors’ recognition of the new role of regional international organizations. The authors’ strategy to provide a narrative that grabs students’ interest and curiosity in the introduction will engage students to learn more about the dynamism of the UN in the context of twenty-first century peace and security issues, such as terrorism, cyber security, and the seeming intractable poverty, ethnic, gender and development problems in the developing countries…. The book has the potential to serve colleges and universities nation-wide in the United States, and internationally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday P. Obazuaye, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003eCerritos College\u003c\/em\u003eAccurate and meticulously researched. A well-written, up to-date treatment of the United Nations not only as an intergovernmental institution but also as the embodiment of the rule of law among and within states. Written in plain, easy-to-understand language, the authors aptly describe and fairly assess the strengths and weaknesses of the United Nations as well as the ways it has adapted and continues to evolve in order to meet the monumental challenges that it faces today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikolaos Zahariadis\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRhodes College\u003c\/em\u003eThe third edition of \u003cem\u003eThe New United Nations\u003c\/em\u003e is a very comprehensive, yet readable, introduction to what the UN is and what it could yet be. The writing is crisp, transporting the reader from global conferences of diplomats into the locales where much of the work of the United Nations is performed. Even though it’s intended to be a textbook, it reads in parts like an action thriller. Professors Moore and Pubantz empower readers to understand so they are better prepared to act as informed (global) citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Eaton\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNational Model United Nations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e PREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION: THE UN SYSTEM \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1 WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2 ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF THE UNITED NATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3 THE EVOLVING UN CHARTER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4 EVOLVING INSTITUTIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6 PEACEKEEPING AND NATION-BUILDING\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7 MAKING GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY: PROMOTING CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WOMEN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH POLICY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEPILOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018925080919,"sku":"9781032250960","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032250960.jpg?v=1750778687","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-united-nations-9781032250960","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}