{"product_id":"irrelevant-or-indispensable-paul-heinbecker-9780889204935","title":"Irrelevant or Indispensable?: The United Nations in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e Suffering from a divided membership, the United Nations is at a crossroads, unable to assure human or national security. The UN has been criticized as irrelevant by its most-and least-powerful members alike because it can't reach consensus on how to respond to twenty-first-century challenges of global terrorism, endemic poverty, and crimes against humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Secretary General Kofi Annan has proposed a package of sweeping reforms that would safeguard the rule of law, outlaw terrorism, protect the innocent from abusive governments, reduce poverty by half, safeguard human rights, and enlarge the Security Council. Intended to reinvigorate the institution and galvanize its members into action, his proposals are extensive and innovative, courageous and controversial.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This volume assembles the perspectives of current practitioners, leading academics, civil society representatives, and UN officials on transforming the secretary general's proposed reforms into action. Their assessments are frank and their views varied, but they do agree on one thing-the United Nations must be made more effective precisely because it is indispensable to the promotion of economic development and collective security in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Heinbecker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889204934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889204935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 1 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"Paul Heinbecker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443736817919,"sku":"9780889204935","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_250c97cd-8cdf-49e7-8018-093349c36771.jpg?v=1777207493","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/irrelevant-or-indispensable-paul-heinbecker-9780889204935","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}