Multilateralism under challenge? power, international order, and structural change (United Nations University Press, 2006)
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The principles, values and manifestations of multilateralism, including the United Nations, are under sustained scrutiny and assault. Their performance and effectiveness are questioned, as are their decision-making procedures and their representation according to 21st century standards of accountability and democracy. All this has a corrosive effect on their legitimacy. This publication explores the performance and future of multilateral approaches and institutions with reference to major global challenges such as international security, terrorism, HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, economic justice, human rights and humanitarian assistance.--Publisher's description
pt. 1 - Themes - Saving humanity from hell - Shashi Tharoor -- - Communication multilateralism - Emanuel Adler -- - The contigent legitimacy of multilateralism - Robert O. Keohane -- - Power and world order - Coral Bell -- - Multilateralism, sovereignty and normative change in world politics - Amitav Acharya -- - From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique - Stefano Guzzini -- - The genealogy of multilateralism : reflections on an organizational form and its crisis - Fredrich Kratochwil -- - Multilateral crises in historical perspective - Edward Newman -- - pt. 2 - Issues and challenges - Something old, something new : theoretical perspectives on contemporary international peace and security - K.J. Holsti -- - Weapons of mass destruction - Trevor Findlay -- - International humanitarianism in the contemporary world : forms and issues - David P. Forsythe --
- Progess and problems in the multilateral human rights regime - Richard J. Goldstone and Erin P. Kelly -- - Environmental multilateralism under challenge? - Joyeeta Gupta -- - AIDS, power, culture and multilateralism - Gwyn Prins -- - The uninvited challenge : terrorism targets the United Nations - Edward C. Luck -- - Civil wars, globalization, and the "Washington Consensus" - John Tirman -- - Using military force for human protection : what next? - Thomas G. Weiss -- - Social movements and multilateralism - Jackie Smith -- - Multilateralism and economic justice - Sirkku K. Hellsten -- - From unilateralism to bilateralism : challenges for the multilateral trade system - Beth A. Simmons -- - Multilateralism as a way of life in Europe - A.J.R. Groom -- - Between a rock and a hard place : Latin America and multilateralism after 9/11 - Jorge Heine -- - From economic to security multilateralism : great powers and international order in the Asia Pacific