"Politics in the United Nations" reflects the predominant discord and occasional convergence among the members of the UN system as they view the international problems of our times through lenses of their geographic, historical, ideological, religious, and ethnic diversity.
The contributors to this book describe how, since the United Nations was founded more than forty years ago, the UN system has changed to accommodate the varied interests of its members.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword / Javier Pérez de Cuéllar vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
1. The Politics of Value Allocation in the UN System / Lawrence S. Finkelstein 1
2. The United Nations and the Politics of Law / Robert E. Riggs 41
3. Unit Veto Dominance in the United Nations Peace-Keeping / Alan M. James 75
4. The Politics of International Economic Cooperation and Development / Robert W. Gregg 106
5. The Deterioration of the GATT Foundation Framework in International Trade Relations / Ronald I. Meltzer 148
6. Value Allocation and North-South Conflict in the Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference / Robert L. Friedheim 175
7. The United Nations and Ecosystem Issues: Institutionalizing the Global Interest / Donald J. Puchala 214
8. The Politics of Efficacy: The United Nations and Human Rights / David P. Forsythe 246
9. The United Nations and Refugees / Leon Gordenker 274
10. IAEA's Role in the International Politics of Atomic Energy / Christer Jönsson and Staffan Bolin 303
11. Three Times Forty:The ITU in a Time of Change / George A. Codding Jr. 324
12. The Political Roles of Recent World Bank Presidents / Michael G. Schechter 350
13. The Political Role of the Director-General of UNESCO / Lawrence S. Finkelstein 385
14. "Truly" International Bureaucracies: Real or Imagined? / Robert S. Jordan 424
15. Comparative Politics in the UN System / Lawrence S. Finkelstein 446
Names Index 485
Index 491
Contributors 501
