Thinking about Global Governance: Why People and Ideas Matter

Review 'Thomas Weiss has seen the UN from within.

Thinking about Global Governance: Why People and Ideas Matter

It stands as an impressive testimony to the idealism and scholarship of its author and is an indispensible guide for anyone thinking about global governance' Kofi A. Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations. Murphy, University of Massachusetts Boston and Wellesley College, USA Tom Weiss has thought longer and harder about the concept and practice of global governance than just about anyone else.

Michael Barnett George Washington University, USA This impressive collection provides a comprehensive treatement of the crucial institutional and substantive issues that have faced the United Nations and other institutions of global governance over the last two decades. It is essential reading for both academics and for international policy-makers S. Routledge; 1 edition September 10, Language: Be the first to review this item Amazon Best Sellers Rank: Start reading Thinking about Global Governance on your Kindle in under a minute.

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Thinking about Global Governance: Why People and Ideas Matter. Set up a giveaway. II Non-state actors and global governance 7. Governance, good governance, and global governance: III Humanitarian action in a turbulent world Weiss Contents note continued: The fog of humanitarianism: The sunset of humanitarian intervention? The politics of humanitarian ideas: A research note about military-civilian humanitarianism: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This collection organizes his most recent work addressing the core issues of the United Nations, global governance, and humanitarian action. The essays are placed in historical and intellectual context in a substantial new introduction, which contains a healthy dose of the idealism and ethical orientation that invariably characterize his best work. This volume gives the reader a comprehensive understanding of these key topics for a globalizing world and is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.

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