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iNterNAtioNAl orgANisAtioNs
Global Institutions (continued)
ForthcomiNg
uN Human Rights Council
Bertrand G. Ramcharan, City University of New
York, USA
The Human Rights Council is already the subject of
major public interest and controversy. The Council is
already being criticized for having dropped some of the
protection strategies of the former commission and this
book aims to present a balanced view of the council,
acknowledging where it has made positive contributions,
point out its deficiencies, and identify options for
improving the body’s future work.
Selected Contents: Introduction 1. The Mandate and Roles
of the Council 2. The Institutional and Procedural
Architecture of the Council 3. The Universal Periodic Review
4. The Legislative role of the Council 5. The Promotional and
Educational Role of the Council 6. The Preventive Role of the
Council 7. Fact-Finding within the Framework of the Council
– Its Special Procedures 8. The Human Rights Council and the
Responsibility to Protect 9. The Advisory Committee
10. Human Rights NGOs in the Council. Conclusion
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2nd edition
uN Security Council
Practice and Promise
Edward C. Luck, Columbia University, USA
Written by a bestselling author, this book is suitable for a
wide audience interested in key institutions of
international public policy. It looks at the predecessors to
the UN Security Council and the current issues and
future challenges it faces.
Selected Contents: Section 1: Context 1. Grading the
Great Experiment 2. The Founding Vision 3. Defining the
Council through Charter and Practice Section 2: Tools
4. Peace Operations 5. Military Enforcement 6. Economic
Sanctions, Arms Embargoes, and Diplomatic Instruments
7. Enlisting and Empowering Partners Section 3:
Challenges 8. The Humanitarian Imperative 9. Terrorism
and Weapons of Mass Destruction 10. Reform, Adaptation,
and Evolution 11. Conclusion: Reflection and Projection
June 2011: 216 x 138: 208pp
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ForthcomiNg
uNICEF (united Nations
Children’s Fund)
Richard Jolly
UNICEF is one of the best known organizations of the
United Nations system and the oldest of the UN’s
development funds. It is also the part of the UN which
consistently receives support from all countries round the
world, including the United States. This book brings out
the wider reasons for UNICEF’s success and popularity,
setting them in the context of UNICEF’s evolution since
1946 and drawing lessons for other international
organizations. This will be of great interest to all scholars
of international organisations, development, human
rights and the United Nations system.
Selected Contents: Introduction 1. 1946-50 International
Vision for Children 2. 1950-70 Children and Economic and
Social Development 3. 1970-80 Basic needs and the Alma
Ata Meeting on Health For All 4. 1980-95 Goals and GOBI
to the World Summit for Children 5. 1995-2005 Child
Rights, the Girl Child & the Millennium Summit 6. Lessons
for the UN 7. Conclusions
July 2011: 216 x 138: 176pp
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Global Health Governance
Sophie Harman, City University London, UK
This book unravels the complexity and confusion
surrounding global health governance. It provides a
comprehensive look at conceptions of global health
governance, old and new actors, the public and private,
themes and approaches and emerging trends.
Selected Contents: 1. What is Global Health Governance?
2. Institutions of Global Health Governance 3. New
Institutions, Civil Society and the Private Sector
4. Approaches to Global Health Governance 5. The Big
Three 6. Neglected Health 7. Conclusion: Global Health
Governance for Whom?
July 2011: 216 x 138: 192pp
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Transnational Organized Crime (p51)
Human Security (p66)
The united Nations and Human Rights (p67)
Human development (p68)
Humanitarianism Contester (p50)
New
united Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (uNESCO)
Creating Norms for a Complex World
J.P. Singh
This book traces the history of
UNESCO from its foundational
idealism to its current stature as
the preeminent international
organization for science,
education, and culture, building
a well rounded understanding
of this important organization.
The book:
• provides an overview of the
organization and its institutional
architecture in the context of its
humanistic idealism
• details the subsequent challenges UNESCO faced
through cold war and power politics, global
dependence and interdependence, and the rise of
identity and culture in global politics
• analyses the functioning of UNESCO administration,
finance, and its various constituencies including the
secretariat, member-states, and civil society
• explores the major controversies and issues underlying
the initiatives in education, sciences, culture and
communication
• examines the current agenda and future challenges
through three major issues in UNESCO: Education or
All, digital divide issues, and norms on cultural diversity
• assesses the role of UNESCO in making norms in
complex world of multiple actors and intersecting
issue-areas.
Selected Contents: 1. UNESCO’s Organizational History and
Structure 2. Prioritizing Education 3. Making Science 4. The
Prominence of Culture 5. Debating Global Communication
Orders 6. Reflections and Possibilities
December 2010: 216 x 138: 192pp
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