The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations

This Handbook provides in one volume an authoritative and independent treatment of the UN's seventy-year history, written by an international cast of more than 50 distinguished scholars, analysts, and practitioners. It provides a clear and penetrating examination of the UN's development since 1945 and the challenges and opportunities now facing the organization. It assesses the implications for the UN of rapid changes in the world - from technological innovation to shifting foreign policy priorities - and the UN's future place in a changing multilateral landscape. Citations and additional readings contain a wealth of primary and secondary references to the history, politics, and law of the world organization. This key reference also contains appendices of the UN Charter, the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies,Sam Daws, Director of the Project on UN Governance and Reform, in the Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford, and Director, 3D Strategy

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. He was the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow and past president of the International Studies Association and recipient of its '2016 Distinguished IO Scholar Award', chair of the Academic Council on the UN System, editor of Global Governance, and Research Director of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, he has authored or edited some 55 books and written 250 articles and book chapters about international peace and security, humanitarian action, and sustainable development.


Sam Daws is Director of the Project on UN Governance and Reform, in the Centre for International Studies, DPIR, at the University of Oxford, and directs the international political consultancy, 3D Strategy. He has spent thirty years in UN-related roles, including as Deputy Director (United Nations, Prime Minister's Post-2015 Development Team) in the UK Cabinet Office; Senior Principal Research Analyst, Multilateral Policy Directorate, FCO; First Officer in the Executive Office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; Executive Director, UNA-UK; Senior Advisor and UK Representative, UN Foundation; and as Visiting Fellow, International Law at Cambridge University. He has co-authored or edited fourteen books on the United Nations.

Foreword UN Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres
Part I: Introduction and Origins
1. The United Nations: Continuity and Change, Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws
2. Origins of the United Nations, Justin Morris
Part II: Theoretical Frameworks
3. Political Approaches, Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore
4. Legal Perspectives, Jos? E. Alvarez
5. Evolution in Knowledge and Norms, Leon Gordenker and Christer J?nsson
Part III: Principal Organs
6. General Assembly, M. J. Peterson
7. Security Council, Sebastian von Einsiedel and David Malone
8. Economic and Social Council, Gert Rosenthal
9. Trusteeship Council, Ralph Wilde
10. International Court of Justice, Charlotte Ku
11. Secretariat: Independence and Reform, James O. C. Jonah and Amy Scott Hill
12. Secretary-General, Edward Newman
13. Financing, Jeffrey Laurenti
Part IV: Relationships with Other Actors
14. Bretton Woods Institutions, Ngaire Woods
15. World Trade Organization, Rorden Wilkinson
16. Regional Organizations, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu
17. Formal and Informal Groups, Monica Herz
18. Nongovernmental Organizations, Mike Schroeder and Paul Wapner
19. Private Sector, Craig N. Murphy
20. Media, Barbara Crossette
Part V: International Peace and Security
21. Arms Control and Disarmament, Keith Krause
22. Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Conflict Prevention, Rama Mani and Richard Ponzio
23. Peace Operations, Richard Gowan
24. Sanctions, George A. Lopez
25. Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect, Ramesh Thakur
26. Peacebuilding, Roland Paris
27. Terrorism, Jane Boulden
28. Crime and Criminal Justice, Peter Romaniuk
29. Cyber Threats, Lucas Kello
Part VI: Human Rights
30. Human Rights: Norms and Machinery, Natalie Samarasinghe
31. International Criminal Court and Ad Hoc Tribunals, Richard Goldstone
32. Humanitarian Action and Coordination, Jeff Crisp
33. Women's Rights and Gender Integration, Charlotte Bunch
34. Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, Maiv?n Clech L?m
35. Human Security, Christopher K. Penny
Part VII: Development
36. UN Development System, Jacques Fomerand and Dennis Dijkzeul
37. Health and Infectious Disease, Gian Luca Burci
38. Global Resource Management, Nico Schrijver
39. Climate Change, Maria Ivanova
40. Democracy and Good Governance, W. Andy Knight
41. Human Development, Richard Jolly
42. Sustainable Development Goals, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
Part VIII: Looking to the Future
43. Multilateralism and the Changing World Order, Amitav Acharya
44. Prospects for UN Renovation and Reform, Edward C. Luck
45. The UN's Role in a Changing Global Landscape, Mich?le Griffin
Appendices
Suggested Further Reading
The UN System at a Glance
The Charter of the United Nations
Statute of the International Court of Justice
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Subject Index
Personal Name Index