Un Malaise: Power, Problems and Realpolitik

by Geoff L. Simons

Book Overview

As the United Nations moves into its second half-century the international organization is beset by problems. It is increasingly suborned or ignored by the USA, pursuing its own global objectives. The UN is inadequately resourced and faces many other barriers erected by Washington and other powerful states. UN personnel are frequently accused of mismanagement, corruption and even the abuse of human rights. There is also the problem of how the UN should...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349242993
• ISBN13: 9781349242993
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"