Research Catalog

Title

State, society and the UN system : changing perspectives on multilateralism / edited by Keith Krause and W. Andy Knight.

Publication

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Krause, Keith
• Knight, W. Andy
• Changing State/Society Perspectives on the United Nations System (1992 : Toronto, Ontario)
• Changing State/Society Perspectives on the United Nations System (1992 : Toronto, Ont.)

Description

viii, 267 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

As the United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary in 1995, it is enjoying a revival of interest among scholars, statesmen, and the general public. This development is closely related to changes in the basic parameters of the post-1945 world order, and the primary concern of this book is to examine, against this changing backdrop, multilateralism and the UN system from the perspective of what is called a "state/society complex," which refers to the forces operating within and across states. In addition to its unique perspective, this volume differs from previous studies in focusing attention on seldom-studied states and their policies and practices in relation to the UN system and multilateralism. The selected states fall into three distinct groupings: (1) two states (Germany and India) that are trying for a larger voice in the system; (2) two (Sweden and Romania) that have viewed the UN system as a means of projecting domestic aims onto a global stage; and (3) three - Chile, Jamaica, and Sierra Leone - that are greatly affected by the shifting currents in the multilateral sphere. The case-study contributors describe the most important issues that have been promoted or supported since 1945 and how multilateral participation may have changed, especially in the latter half of the post-war period, and finally consider the impact of their state's policies on the future of multilateralism.

Subject

• United Nations > Congresses
• Since 1989
• World politics > 1989- > Congresses
• International relations > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "UNUP-885"--Verso t.p.
• Chapters originally appeared as papers given at the conference Changing State/Society Perspectives on the United Nations System.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Evolution and change in the United Nations system / Keith Krause, W. Andy Knight -- The multilaterial obligation: German perspectives on the UN system / Wilfried von Bredow -- India in the United Nations and the United Nations in India / Hari Mohan Mathur -- Sweden and the United Nations / Ulrika Mörth, Bengt Sundelius -- Romania at the United Ntions, 1956-1993 / Mircea Malitza -- Chilean multilateralism and the United Nations system / Roberto Duran -- Social forces and world order pressures in the making of Jamaican multilateral policy / Randolph B. Persaud -- Sierra Leone and the United Nations system / Abiodun Williams -- Conclusion: States, societies, and the United Nations in a multilateral context / W. Andy Knight, Keith Krause.

ISBN

9280808850

LCCN

^^^95218440^

OCLC

• 32301724
• SCSB-11827853

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library