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Global Governance and the United Nations System
Description Global Governance and the United Nations System offers a wide-ranging analysis of changing world order at the beginning of the twenty-f... »
Beyond Violence: Conflict Resolution Process in Northern Ireland
Description After almost thirty years of bloody conflict, the opposing parties in Northern Ireland eventually signed an agreement about how to shar... »
Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia Pacific Region
In this volume, scholars from around the region analyse the impacts of globalization on cities in the Asia Pacific. This collection of essays forms... »
United Nations-sponsored World Conferences: Focus on Impact and Follow-up
What value were the widely publicized and well-attended United Nations-sponsored World Conferences in the 1990s? How important are non-governmental... »
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Ad Hoc Missions, Permanent Engagement
This volume explores the evolution of peace-keeping, particularly since the early 1990s. This period was characterized by much initial enthusiasm a... »
Sustainable Development of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins
The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin contains the largest number of the world’s poor in any one region. The population is increasing steadily,... »
The Role of the World Trade Organization in Global Governance
The World Trade Organization is a major player in the field of global governance. Since its creation in January 1995, it has expanded the reach of... »
Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order
As this new century progresses, America will not be able to sustain the global preponderance it enjoys today. Over time, a unipolar international s... »
Ethics and International Affairs: Extent and Limits
Ethics and International Affairs explores the extent and limits of contemporary international ethics and examines the ways in which the internation... »
Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium
In January 2000, in Tokyo, the United Nations University held the first major United Nations conference of the new millennium. This conference expl... »
Global Environmental Risk
Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue t... »
Financing for Development: Proposals from Business and Civil Society
In Financing for Development , twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countrie... »
Financing for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
In Financing for Development , twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countrie... »
Earth Negotiations: Analyzing thirty years of environmental diplomacy
Global environmental problems pose important diplomatic and legal challenges to the international community. The nature of these problems requires... »
Democracy in Latin America: (Re)Constructing Political Society
Democracy in Latin America: (Re)Constructing Political Society Edited by Manuel Antonio Garretón M. and Edward Newman (Re)democratization in much... »
Water Management in Islam
In the Middle East and North Africa, water is rapidly becoming the key development issue. The region has one of the highest population growth rates... »
Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Resolution: Theory, Practice, and Annotated References
Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Resolution provides a comprehensive review of the relevant literature on managing conflicts stemming from the quan... »
Old Sins: Industrial Metabolism, Heavy Metal Pollution, and Environmental Transition in Central Europe
Sustainable development presents important challenges to environmental research, such as developing perspectives and methods that clarify the links... »
