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Informationen zum Autor Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of its Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. Tatiana Carayannis is Research Manager of the United Nations Intellectual History Project. Louis Emmerij is Senior Research Fellow at The CUNY Graduate Center's Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. Richard Jolly is Senior Research Fellow at The CUNY Graduate Center's Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex. Klappentext Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and 71 other UN professionals speak about international cooperation and the ideas that have shaped the accomplishments of the UN. Zusammenfassung Presents the human and moving stories of a group of individuals who contributed to the economic and social record of the UN's life and activities. This book deals with such events and issues as the UN's founding, decolonization, the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, human rights, the environment, and September 11, 2001. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Foreword Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One. Individuals Make a Difference 1. Growing Up The Great Depression and the Demise of the League of Nations ¿ World War II ¿ Faith and Family Matters 2. Formal Education Education at Home ¿ Studying Abroad 3. Serendipity and International Careers Mentors Opening Doors ¿ Advanced Studies as a Gateway ¿ Post-University Homecomings ¿ Starting Out in Teaching and Research ¿ Beginning in National Public Service ¿ Juggling Family and Professional Life Part Two. Hope, Creativity, and Frustration 4. From 1945 through the 1950s: Hope Held High The Establishment of the United Nations ¿ The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ¿ The Marshall Plan ¿ The Cold War ¿ McCarthyism ¿ Decolonization and the Non-Aligned Movement ¿ The UN Regional Commissions 5. The 1960s: Widening Development Avenues The First Development Decade ¿ UNCTAD and the Group of 77 ¿ Technical Cooperation: The Road to the UNDP ¿ Influence of the Major Powers 6. The 1970s: Creativity Confronts Geopolitics The Environment and Sustainability ¿ Oil Shocks and the NIEO ¿ Transnational Corporations ¿ The Least Developed Countries ¿ Basic Needs and Redistribution ¿ Women and Gender 7. The 1980s: Development Frustrated Death of the North-South "Dialogue" ¿ The Debt Crisis and Adjustment: A Lost Decade ¿ The Washington "Consensus" ¿ The End of the Cold War and the Socialist Model 8. The 1990s and the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century: Renaissance and Reform? Globalization ¿ Human Development ¿ Human Security and the Responsibility to Protect ¿ Global Governance and the Millennium Development Goals Part Three. The World Organization, Ideas, and Twenty-First-Century Challenges 9. A Revolutionary Idea: The International Civil Service Good Old Days? ¿ Cold War Diversions ¿ Geographical Representation ¿ Women at the UN ¿ Organizational Culture ¿ Reform Difficulties 10. The Power of Ideas and People inside the UN Leadership ¿ The Secretaries-General ¿ Tensions in the System ¿ Country Groups and International Negotiations 11. Blending Outside Intellectual Energies Outside Academics and Consultants ¿ Independent Commissions of Eminent Persons ¿ Nongovernmental Organizations and the Private Sector ¿ Global Conferences 12. The Legacy and Future Intellectual Challenges Ideas Change International Discourse ¿ Ideas Redefine State and Nonstate Interests and Goals ¿ Ideas Facilitate New Coalitions ¿ Ideas Become Embedded in Institutions ¿ The UN's Future Intellectual Challenges Annex 1. Biographical Notes of Persons Interviewed Annex 2. A Methodological Note: Making This Oral History Notes Index of Person...
