This is a short and accessible introduction to the role of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General and the UN Secretariat, ideal for students of the UN, international organisations and global governance.
"Collects the voices of activists whose combined experience in confronting injustice has generated a wealth of key insights for creating social change."--Quatrième de couverture.
"Collects the voices of activists whose combined experience in confronting injustice has generated a wealth of key insights for creating social change."--Page 4 of cover.
"Collects the voices of activists whose combined experience in confronting injustice has generated a wealth of key insights for creating social change."--Page 4 of cover
In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee conferred its most prestigious award to the EU. This book takes this prize as a starting point to review the association of Europe's quest for peace with plans and ideals about European unity, the oldest of which can be traced back as far…
"This book examines the evolving peace and security activities of the United Nations Secretary-General in the context of developments in international politics."--Jacket.
What does modern warfare, as fought by liberal societies, have in common with our human evolution? This study posits an important relationship between the two we have evolved to fight, and traditional hunter-gatherer societies were often violent places. But we also evolved to co…