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OverviewThis is the first book to examine in-depth the EU's relationship with the UN and to analyze critically the EU's contribution to 'effective multilateralism'. The contributors show that the EU most often fails to make the UN as effective as it should be in addressing global challenges. Full Product DetailsAuthor: K. Laatikainen , K. SmithPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2006 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781349544738ISBN 10: 1349544736 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 01 January 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: The European Union at the United Nations: Leader, Partner or Failure?; K.V.Laatikainen & K.E.Smith PART 1: BACKGROUND AND FRAMEWORK EU Representation and Coordination within the United Nations; M.Farrell PART 2: THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL INTEREST AND EU POLICY COORDINATION IN THE UN The European Powers in the Security Council: Differing Interests, Differing Arenas; C.Hill Pushing Soft Power: Middle Power Diplomacy at the UN; K.V.Laatikainen Returned to Europe? The Central and East European Member States at the Heart of the EU; E.Johansson-Nogués PART 3: THE EU IN UN POLICY ARENAS Effective Multilateralism and Collective Security: Empowering the UN; S.Biscop & E.Drieskens The EU in Geneva: Coordinating Policy in the Economic and Social Arrangements of the United Nations System; P.Taylor The European Union, Human Rights and the United Nations; K.E.Smith EU-UN Environmental Relations: Shared Competence and Effective Multilateralism; C.Damro PART 4: CONCLUSIONS Intersecting Multilateralisms: The European Union and Multilateral Institutions; K.E.Jørgensen Bibliography IndexReviews'Omnipresent grumbling about the UN encounters growing dissatisfaction about the EU. This invaluable collection provides a helpful counterweight with both insights and concrete examples illustrating when multilateralism matters to contemporary challenges of globalization and insecurity.' - Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor, The CUNY Graduate Center, and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, USA 'The editors have elegantly integrated the contributions of several well-known experts on the European Union and the United Nations into a seamless and clearly written examination of a key issue in international relations. Contributors to Intersecting Multilateralisms expertly - and candidly - assess what this means for European governments, for the EU as a global actor and for the UN. While their conclusions are not uniformly flattering, either to the EU or the UN, they are highly informative...the broadest and deepest analysis of the European Union in the United Nations available in the literature of international relations.' - Donald J. Puchala, Byrnes Professor of International Studies, University of South Carolina, USA 'a very significant contribution to an important debate.' - European Foreign Affairs Review 'Thus, the broad, in-depth and competent analysis on the intersections between the world's most successful case of multilateralism , the EU, and the most universal of all multilateral institutions, the UN, offered by this book - the most recent and comprehensive collection of essays by prominent European scholars on the issue - appears highly provocative.' - The International Spectator 'This book should be acclaimed by all scholars working on either the UN or the EU (or both)...' - Gilles Bertrand, David Michael Green, EUSA Review (European Union Studies Association) Author InformationSVEN BISCOP Senior Research Fellow, Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels and Professor of European Security, University of Gent, Belgium CHAD DAMRO Lecturer in Politics and Co-Programme Director of the MSc in International and European Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK EDITH DRIESKENS Institute of International and European Policy, Leuven University, Belgium MARY FARRELL Formerly Senior Lecturer in European and International Studies, London Metropolitan University, UK CHRISTOPHER HILL Holds the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professorship of International Relations at Cambridge University, UK ELIZABETH JOHANSSON-NOGUÉS Researcher, Institut Universitari d'Estudis Europeus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain KNUD ERIK JØRGENSEN Jean Monnet Professor in European Politics, University of Aarhus, Denmark PAUL TAYLOR Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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