Adapting the United Nations to a Post-Modern Era: Lessons Learned

by Andy W. Knight and W. Andy Knight

Book Overview

This volume addresses the central theme of adjusting the United Nations system in light of, firstly, the broadening definition of security, secondly, a perceived shift from modernity to post-modernity; and finally, the contemporary debate about reform, adaptation and institutional learning in multilateral institutions during transnational periods. The UN has not been successful in learning appropriate lessons that could facilitate requisite changes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333801504
• ISBN13: 9780333801505
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.9"