Adam Roberts and Benedict Kingsbury: Introduction: The UN's Roles
in a Divided World
1: Michael Howard: The Historical Development of the UN's Role in
International Security
2: Brian Urquhart: The UN and International Security after the Cold
War
3: Anthony Parsons: The UN and the National Interests of States
4: Javier Perez de Cuellar: The Role of the UN
Secretary-General
5: Thomas M. Franck and Georg Nolte: The Good Offices Function of
the UN Secretary-General
6: Sally Morphet: UN Peacekeeping and Election-Monitoring
7: Tom J. Farer and Felice Gaer: The UN and Human Rights: At the
End of the Beginning
8: Kenneth Dadzie: The UN and the Problem of Economic
Development
9: Patricia Birnie: The UN and the Environment
10: Nagendra Singh: The UN and the Development in International
Law
11: Maurice Bertrand: The Historical Development of Efforts to
Reform the UN
12: Peter Wilenski: The Structure of the UN in the Post-Cold War
Period
Boutros-Ghali: Appendices, including: An Agenda for Peace:
From reviews of the first edition:
`A most distinguished collection of essays.'
Law Quarterly Review
`Excellent ... succeeds both in its appraisal and in its critical
assessment.'
International and Comparative Law Quarterly
`An excellent collection of essays which is particularly welcome
given its treatment of recent challenges faced by the UN.'
Dr M.C. Williams, University of Sussex
`Extremely useful revision.'
James Crawford, University of Cambridge
`The best available work known to the present editor is the
anthology edited by Roberts and Kingsbury, which contains ...
everything ... anybody needs to know about the UN, written by
outstanding international experts.'
NOD & Conversion
`Rarely can a good book so quickly have cried out for updating as
the first, 1988, edition of this one ... A revised edition was thus
invited - but who could have expected one as total as this? In all
but title, it is a new book.'
Times Literary Supplement
`The new edition of Roberts and Kingsbury's book remains the best
text available for students of the United Nations, and should be on
the reading list of any general IR courses.'
L.I. Rex, Liverpool John Moores University
`The first edition of this text filled an important niche as a
contemporary study of the UN. The second edition has been awaited
and is very welcome.'
Gillian Youngs, Nottingham Trent University
`Rarely can a good book so quickly have cried out for updating as
the first, 1988, edition of this one. And it was a good book ... A
revised edition was thus invited - but who could have expected one
as total as this? In all but title, it is a new book.'
Times Literary Supplement
`comprehensive ... revised second edition of the well-received 1988
collection of essays ... Roberts/Kingsbury's excellent second
edition nearly doubles the first in size; it goes far beyond the
revised 1986 Oxford University lectures that formed the earlier
edition ... this is essentially a new book, with five substantially
rewritten and four entirely new chapters ... a comprehensive and
reasonably current tour d'horizon'
American Journal of International Law
`contains an up-to-date discussion of the main activities of the UN
system ... A crisp and thought-provoking chapter is devoted to the
UN and human rights ... Roberts and Kingsbury have produced a
comprehensive and informative report on the situation of the UN in
today's world'
Journal of Peace Research
`The second edition of this classic volume edited by Adam Roberts
and Ben Kingsbury is bound to become a handbook for those studying
the UN ... a high calibre collection.'
International Peacekeeping
`This is a well-prepared volume ... Roberts and Kingsbury have
succeeded in organising a number of essays that complement each
other. This revised and expanded edition bridges much of the gap
created by the rapidly changing international environment. The rich
appendices, which include the Agenda for Peace and an updated
bibliography, should be helpful for further research.'
Millennium
`...excellent edited volume...This eminent line-up of academics and
practioners has produced a volume with staying power by approaching
the Organisation in its systemic and historical context...this is a
valuable collection.'
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