Bøker av Thomas G. Weiss

This major new Handbook provides the definitive and comprehensive analysis of the UN and will be an essential point of refernence for all those working on or in the organization.

Traces the normative, legal, institutional, and political responses to the challenges of assisting and protecting internally displaced persons (IDPs). Drawing on official and confidential documents as well as interviews with leading personalities, this book provides an analysis of this important issue.

Assesses the development and implementation of UN ideas regarding sustainable economic development and human security. This book suggests ways in which the United Nations can play a fuller role in confronting the challenges of human survival with dignity in the 21st century.

"Once celebrated as an answer to the myriad ills of the post-Cold War era, global governance is now in trouble. Written by two of the leading scholars in the field, Rethinking Global Governance provides an antidote to simplistic usage and an authoritative yet readable attempt to grasp the governance of our globe--past, present, and future"--

Seven decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related organizations and programs are perpetually in crisis.

Presents the human and moving stories of a group of individuals who contributed to the economic and social record of the UN's life and activities. This book deals with such events and issues as the UN's founding, decolonization, the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, human rights, the environment, and September 11, 2001.

This authoritative book provides a comprehensive analysis of the original idea of humanitarianism and its evolution, exploring its triangulation with war and politics. Tracing the profound changes in the culture and capacities that underpin the sector, the authors assess the reinventions that constitute "revolutions in humanitarian affairs."

A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East Timor, and Libya to Cote d'Ivoire, soldiers have rescued civilians in some of the world's most notorious war zones.

With some 50 million people living under duress and threatened by wars and disasters in 2012, the demand for relief worldwide has reached unprecedented levels. Humanitarianism is now a multi-billion dollar enterprise, and aid agencies are obliged to respond to a range of economic forces in order to stay in business .

Friends and foes of international cooperation puzzle about how to explain order, stability, and predictability in a world without a central authority.

Exploring the linkages between war and emergency response, this book focuses on the impact of wars with non-state actors. It traces the evolution of the international humanitarian system from 1860s through the challenges cast by US military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and is suitable for students.

In the 21st century, the world is faced with threats of global scale that cannot be confronted without collective action. Although global government as such does not exist, formal and informal institutions, practices, and initiatives-together forming "e;global governance"e;-bring a greater measure of predictability, stability, and order to trans-border issues than might be expected. Yet, there are significant gaps between many current global problems and available solutions. Thomas G. Weiss and Ramesh Thakur analyze the UN's role in addressing such knowledge, normative, policy, institutional, and compliance lapses. The UN's relationship to these five global governance gaps is explored through case studies of some of the most burning problems of our age, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, humanitarian crises, development aid, climate change, human rights, and HIV/AIDS.