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This 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.

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Author:   K. Laatikainen ,  K. Smith
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.465kg
ISBN:  

9781403995346

ISBN 10:   1403995346
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   13 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List 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 Index

Reviews

'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)

'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 Information

KATIE VERLIN LAATIKAINEN is Associate Professor of Political Science at Adelphi University, USA. Her most recent publications include United Nations Politics (with Donald J. Puchala and Roger Coate) and Norden's Eclipse in Cooperation and Conflict. KAREN E. SMITH is Reader in International Relations and Director of the European Foreign Policy Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She is the author of The Making of EU Foreign Policy: The Case of Eastern Europe, European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World, co-editor (with Margo

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