About the Author
Foreword by Sir Brian Urquhart
Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: Diagnosing the Ills
1 Westphalia, Alive But Not Well
2 North-South Theater
3 The Feudal System, or Dysfunctional Family
4 Overwhelming Bureaucracy and Underwhelming Leadership
Part Two: Palliatives if Not Cures
5 Redefining National Interests
6 Moving Beyond the North-South Divide
7 Truly Delivering as One
8 Reinvigorating the International Civil Service
Conclusion: What’s Next?
Selected Readings
Notes
Index
Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor at the City University of New York�s Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.
An indispensable guide for understanding both the pathology and the
promise of the United Nations: love for the UN doesn’t come any
tougher. Tom Weiss has been a keen observer and sophisticated
analyst of the UN system for decades whose deep expertise is put to
good use in this seminal contribution to diagnosing what ails the
world organization and prescribing the appropriate remedies.
Ramesh Thakur, The Australian National University, former UN
Assistant Secretary-General and Editor-in-Chief, Global
Governance
The third edition of this comprehensive and extremely thoughtful
analysis by the leading scholar of the UN in the United States
should be on the required reading list for the US president, and
the leaders of other nations as well.
Craig N. Murphy, Wellesley College and University of Massachusetts
Boston
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