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OverviewUN Voices presents the human and moving stories of an extraordinary group of individuals who contributed to the economic and social record of the UN's life and activities. Drawing from extensive interviews, the book presents in their own words the experiences of 73 individuals from around the globe who have spent much of their professional lives engaged in United Nations affairs. We hear from secretaries-general and presidents, ministers and professors, social workers and field workers, as well as diplomats and executive heads of UN agencies. Among those interviewed are noted figures such as Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Alister McIntyre, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Javier Perez de Cuellar, and Kurt Waldheim, as well as many less well known UN professional men and women who have made significant contributions to the international struggle for a better world. Their personal accounts also engage their contributions in dealing 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. Thomas G.Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, where he is co-director of the United Nations Intellectual History Project and editor of Global Governance. His latest books are: Ahead of the Curve? UN Ideas and Global Challenges (Indiana University Press, 2001), author; The Responsibility To Protect: Research, Bibliography, and Background (ICISS, 2001), author; Military-Civilian Interactions: Humanitarian Crises and the Responsibility to Protect (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), 2nd edition; and The United Nations and Changing World Politics (Westview, 2004), 4th edition, author; and Terrorism and the UN: Before and After September 11 (Indiana University Press, 2004), editor. Tatiana Carayannis is Research Manager of the United Nations Intellectual History Project and former adjunct instructor in Political Science at CUNY. Some of her recent publications include ""The Democratic Republic of Congo: 1996-2002"" in Jane Boulden ed.,Dealing with Conflict in Africa: The Role of the United Nations and Regional Organizations, London: Palgrave, 2003, and ""The Network Wars of the Congo: Towards a New Analytic Approach,"" Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2003. She is currently completing a doctoral dissertation in Political Science on networks, multilateral institutions, and the Congo wars. Louis Emmerij is Senior Research Fellow at The CUNY Graduate Center's Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, where he is co-director of the United Nations Intellectual History Project. Among his recent books are: UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice (Indiana University Press, 2004), author; Ahead of the Curve? UN Ideas and Global Challenges (Indiana University Press, 2001), and author; Economic and Social Development into the 21st Century (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997). Richard Jolly is Senior Research Fellow at The CUNY Graduate Center's Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, where he is co-director of the United Nations Intellectual History Project, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex.Publications to which he has contributed include: UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice (Indiana University Press, 2004), author; Ahead of the Curve? UN Ideas and Global Challenges (Indiana University Press, 2001), author; and Development with a Human Face (1998), author. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas G. Weiss , Tatiana Carayannis , Louis Emmerij , Richard JollyPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.744kg ISBN: 9780253217882ISBN 10: 0253217881 Pages: 544 Publication Date: 17 June 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"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 Persons Interviewed Index of Subjects About the Authors About the United Nations Intellectual History Project"ReviewsThe authors have cajoled, intrigued, or reassured their 73 'voices' into telling a fascinating story of the UN and its institutions, which is also a story of 73 individual lives, of women and men ... with their own complicated histories of emigration and education, family relationships and professional choices, hopes and successes. --from the Foreword by Emma Rothschild Far from being a distant bureaucracy, the UN is composed of individuals who are reshaped by vital experiences. UN Voices gives international civil servants human faces and shows how ideas drive the grand experiment. It is a fascinating book. --Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Author InformationThomas 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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