Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
1: Tom Weiss & Sam Daws: World Politics: Continuity and Change since 1945
Part II: Theoretical Frameworks
2: Michael Barnett & Martha Finnemore: Political Approaches
3: José Alvarez: Legal Perspectives
4: Leon Gordenker & Christer Jönsson: Evolution in Knowledge
Part III: Principal Organs
5: M. J. Peterson: General Assembly
6: David M. Malone: Security Council
7: Gert Rosenthal: Economic and Social Council
8: Ralph Wilde: Trusteeship
9: James O. C. Jonah: Secretariat
10: Edward Newman: Secretary-General
11: James Crawford & Thomas D. Grant: International Court of Justice
Part IV: Relationships with Other Actors
12: by W. Pal S. Sidhu: Regional Groups and Alliances
13: Ngaire Woods: Bretton Woods Institutions
14: Paul Wapner: Civil Society
15: Craig N. Murphy: Private Sector
16: Barbara Crossette: Media
Part V: International Peace and Security
17: Disarmament by Keith Krause
18: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Conflict Prevention by Rama Mani
19: Peacekeeping Operations by Michael Doyle
20: Sanctions by David Cortright, George A. Lopez & Linda Gerber
21: Peace Enforcement by Michael Pugh
22: Humanitarian Intervention by Ramesh Thakur
23: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding by Roland Paris
24: Terrorism by Jane Boulden
Part VI Human Rights
25: Bertrand Ramcharan: Norms and Machinery
26: Richard Goldstone: International Criminal Court and Ad Hoc Tribunals
27: Jeff Crisp: Humanitarian Action and Coordination
28: Charlotte Bunch: Women and Gender
29: Yves Beigbeder: Children
30: Maivân Clech Lâm: Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
31: Fen Hampson & Christopher Penny: Human Security
Part VII Development
32: Dennis Dijkzeul & Jacques Fomerand: Coordinating Economic and Social Affairs
33: Gian Luca Burci: Health and Infectious Disease
34: Nico Schrijver: Global Resources Management and the Environment
35: Frank G. Madsen: Organized Crime
36: Andy Knight: Democracy and Good Governance
37: Richard Jolly: Human Development
Part VIII Prospects for Reform
38: Edward C. Luck: Principal Organs
39: Jeffrey Laurenti: Financing
40: Chadwick Alger: Widening Participation
Suggested Further Reading
The UN System
The Charter of the United Nations
Statute of the International Court of Justice
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Subject Index
Personal Name Index
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon: Foreword
Part I: Introduction
1: Thomas G. Weiss & Sam Daws: World Politics: Continuity and Change since 1945
Part II: Theoretical Frameworks
2: Michael Barnett & Martha Finnemore: Political Approaches
3: José E. Alvarez: Legal Perspectives
4: Leon Gordenker & Christer Jönsson: Evolution in Knowledge
Part III: Principal Organs
5: M. J. Peterson: General Assembly
6: David M. Malone: Security Council
7: Gert Rosenthal: Economic and Social Council
8: Ralph Wilde: Trusteeship Council
9: James O. C. Jonah: Secretariat: Independence and Reform
10: Edward Newman: Secretary-General
11: James Crawford & Tom Grant: International Court of Justice
Part IV: Relationships with Other Actors
12: W. Pal S. Sidhu: Regional Groups and Alliances
13: Ngaire Woods: Bretton Woods Institutions
14: Paul Wapner: Civil Society
15: Craig N. Murphy: Private Sector
16: Barbara Crossette: Media
Part V: International Peace and Security
17: Keith Krause: Disarmament
18: Rama Mani: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Conflict Prevention
19: Michael Doyle & Nicolas Sambanis: Peacekeeping Operations
20: David Cortright, George A. Lopez & Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf: Sanctions
21: Michael Pugh: Peace Enforcement
22: Ramesh Thakur: Humanitarian Intervention
23: Roland Paris: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
24: Jane Boulden: Terrorism
Part VI: Human Rights
25: Bertrand G. Ramcharan: Norms and Machinery
26: Richard Goldstone: International Criminal Court and Ad Hoc Tribunals
27: Jeff Crisp: Humanitarian Action and Coordination
28: Charlotte Bunch: Women and Gender
29: Yves Beigbeder: Children
30: Maivân Clech Lâm: Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
31: Fen Hampson & Christopher K. Penny: Human Security
Part VII: Development
32: Jacques Fomerand & Dennis Dijkzeul: Coordinating Economic and Social Affairs
33: Gian Luca Burci: Health and Infectious Disease
34: Nico Schrijver: Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development
35: Frank G. Madsen: Organized Crime
36: W. Andy Knight: Democracy and Good Governance
37: Richard Jolly: Human Development
Part VIII: Prospects for Reform
38: Edward C. Luck: Principal Organs
39: Jeffrey Laurenti: Financing
40: Chadwick Alger: Widening Participation
Suggested Further Reading
The UN System
Charter of the United Nations
Statute of the International Court of Justice
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Subject Index
Name Index

About the Author

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, where he is co-director of the United Nations Intellectual History Project. He is the chair of the Academic Council on the UN System and the former editor of its journal, Global Governance. He has written or edited some 35 books and numerous articles about multilateral approaches to international peace and
security, humanitarian action, and sustainable development.

Sam Daws is a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, where he is directing a project on UN Governance and Reform. He has served as a senior policy advisor on UN issues for 17 years, including three years as First Officer in the Executive Office of Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He previously directed a Geneva-based international consultancy. He undertook doctoral studies on UN reform at New College, Oxford, and has been a visiting fellow at
Cambridge and Yale Universities. He has co-authored or edited six books.

Reviews

`Review from previous edition This Handbook is extraordinarily ambitious and very timely, providing the most comprehensive assessment available anywhere of the UN's performance in an increasingly challenging global environment, and featuring an outstanding cast of authors. It will be an indispensable reference guide for scholars and practitioners alike.
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John G. Ruggie, Harvard University, Former UN Assistant Secretary-General