The New United Nations: International Organization in the Twenty-First Century

The textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the United Nations, covering its history, structure, functions, and challenges. It includes fully updated chapters and a new Introduction, discussing key events and developments such as the Paris Climate Change Agreement, COVID-19 response, and the revival of ultranationalism and great-power rivalry. The book also explores new topics such as neoliberalism and populism, the UN's use of the Responsibility to Protect, the Arab Spring, and its multifaceted roles in the developing world, with a special emphasis on Africa. The analysis includes updated information on twenty-first-century collective security challenges, such as in Syria and Ukraine. Additionally, a special section highlights the student Model United Nations experience, and coverage is provided of the UN's efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. The textbook offers valuable resources with supportive materials and documents.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 382 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

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Fully updated chapters and a new Introduction, including discussion of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, the world's response to COVID-19, and the revival of ultranationalism and great-power rivalry.

New sections on the theory and practice of neoliberalism and populism, the UN's use of the Responsibility to Protect in the Middle East, the Arab Spring, and multifaceted roles in the developing world, with special attention to Africa.

Updated analysis of twenty-first-century challenges to collective security, including in Syria and, particularly, in Ukraine.

Unique special section on the student Model United Nations experience.

Coverage of the UN's efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals; and

Resources with supportive materials and documents.

Fresh descriptions of the U.S.-China relationship within the UN environment, including inventive and challenging Chinese global financial and economic policies.

Weight: 750g
Dimension: 177 x 252 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032250960
Edition number: 3 ed