Global Governance and the UN: An Unfinished Journey (United Nations Intellectual History Project Series)

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 "global governance"―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.

Science & Math

Weiss, Thomas G.

Thakur, Ramesh

Environment

Indiana University Press

India, with its 900 million inhabitants, is the world's most populous democracy whose success in sustaining its democratic institutions in the face of deep internal divisions and cleavages makes it of special interest to the student of comparative politics.Ramesh Thakur's new text provides a lively and up-to-date introduction to the government and politics of India, and offers a wealth of empirical detail combined with sophisticated critical analysis. It explains the historical legacies that have shaped the structures of Indian government and influenced patterns of politics. The author describes the network of Indian institutions at federal and provincial level and conveys a sense of where power is located, how it is used and the constraints on its exercise. Special attention is devoted to caste, religion and regionalism in Indian society and to the nature of democratic politics in relation to third world development.

Government and Politics of India (Comparative Government and Politics)

Politics & Social Sciences

Editor: Wright, Vincent

Politics & Government

St.Martin's

The Government and Politics of India (Comparative Government & Politics)

Macmillan Press, Ltd.

In Defence of New Zealand: Foreign Policy Choices in the Nuclear Age

Reference

Routledge

International Peacekeeping in Lebanon: United Nations Authority and Multinational Force

Reshaping Regional Relations: Asiapacific And The Former Soviet Union

History

Thayer, Carlyle A.

Asia

The Soviet Union As An Asianpacific Power: Implications Of Gorbachev's 1986 Vladivostok Initiative

This volume provides a useful analysis of the domestic dimension of Soviet foreign policy in Asia/Pacific. It considers the implications of Gorbachev's 1986 Vladivostok Initiative on Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the South Pacific.

SAIKAL, AMIN

Gill, G J

Reshaping Regional Relations summarizes the cause and consequences of changes in Asia-Pacific region. It introduces the lead player in regional change and outlines strategic, military, political and economical issues that constitute the regional agenda in the 1990s.

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