The United Nations : confronting the challenges of a global society / edited by Jean E. Krasno. - Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004. - xii, 443 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-408) and index.

The UN landscape : an overview, Jean E. Krasno -- Founding the United nations : an evolutionary process, Jean E. Krasno -- The United Nations and the formatiuon of global norms, Joe Sills -- Human rights : a global common interest, Charles Norchi -- Free and fair elections : letting the people decide, Robin Ludwig -- Agent of change? the United Nations and development, Jacques Fomerand -- Disarmament : successes and failures, Derek Boothby -- To end the courge of war : the story of UN peacekeeping, Jean E. Krasno -- Financing the United Nations : Jeffrey Laurenti -- Informal groups of member states, Jochen Prantl, and Jean E. Krasno -- Reforming the United Nations : lessons from a history in progress : Edward C. Luck.

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