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The Oxford handbook on the United Nations / edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007. Subjects United Nations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. ISBN:  9780199279517 (alk. paper) 0199279519 (alk. paper) Description:  xxviii, 810 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Bibliography Note:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [716]-732) and indexes. Contents Note:  pt.1. Introduction -- World politics: continuity and change since 1945. pt.2. Theoretical frameworks -- Political approaches -- Legal perspectives -- Evolution in knowledge. pt.3. Principal organs -- General Assembly -- Security Council -- Economic and Social Council -- Trusteeship Council -- Secretariat: independence and reform -- Secretary-General -- International Court of Justice. pt.4. Relationships with other actors -- Regional groups and alliances -- Bretton Woods institutions -- Civil society -- Private sector -- Media. pt.5. International peace and security -- Disarmament -- Peaceful settlement of disputes and conflict prevention -- Peacekeeping operations -- Sanctions -- Peace enforcement -- Humanitarian intervention -- Post-conflict peacebuilding -- terrorism. pt.6. Human rights -- Norms and machinery -- International criminal court and ad hoc tribunals -- Humanitarian action and coordination -- Women and gender -- Children -- Minorities and indigenous peoples -- Human security. pt.7. Development -- Coordinating economic and social affairs -- Health and infectious disease -- Natural resource management and sustainable development -- Organized crime -- Democracy and good governance -- Human development. pt.8. Prospects for reform -- Principal organs -- Financing -- Widening participation. Contributors:  Weiss, Thomas George. Daws, Sam. Other Titles:  United Nations Internet Link:  Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description Format:    Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Glendale CC Library General JZ4970 .O93 2007 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Scottsdale CC Library Reference JZ4970 .O93 2007 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Phoenix College Library Reference JZ4970 .O93 2007 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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