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International Security Management and the United Nations

( Print: November 1999 )

Since the ability of the United Nations to resolve conflicts depends upon the support of Member States, it is imperative to know what States expect from the world body. As a result, this book explores...

Since the ability of the United Nations to resolve conflicts depends upon the support of Member States, it is imperative to know what States expect from the world body. As a result, this book explores...


United Nations Peace-Keeping Operations

A Guide to French Policies

( Print: February 1999 )

The first peace supervision intervention mounted by the United Nations in 1948, found France ready to become involved in a foreign theatre of operations on behalf of the world Organization. This book...

The first peace supervision intervention mounted by the United Nations in 1948, found France ready to become involved in a foreign theatre of operations on behalf of the world Organization. This book...


Globalization and the World of Large Cities

( Print: November 1998 )

Rich in theoretical and policy perspectives, this publication examines globalization and its spatial manifestations in all major regions of the world. It discusses world cities in terms of the...

Rich in theoretical and policy perspectives, this publication examines globalization and its spatial manifestations in all major regions of the world. It discusses world cities in terms of the...


State and Cultural Transformation, The

Perspectives from East Asia

The peoples of East Asia are living with cultures that have been transformed and newly created within the past 50 to 100 years. How these traditional societies were transformed - particularly their...

The peoples of East Asia are living with cultures that have been transformed and newly created within the past 50 to 100 years. How these traditional societies were transformed - particularly their...


Local Government and Market Decentralization

Experiences in Industrialized, Developing, and Former Eastern Bloc Countries

As many countries around the world grapple with political and market reform, lively debate is growing around questions concerning the conditions under which decentralization policies are called for...

As many countries around the world grapple with political and market reform, lively debate is growing around questions concerning the conditions under which decentralization policies are called for...


Global Greenhouse Regime, The

Who Pays?

Effective policies to prevent global warming and climate change are urgently needed by the world community. This publication offers a unique interdisciplinary and multinational response to the...

Effective policies to prevent global warming and climate change are urgently needed by the world community. This publication offers a unique interdisciplinary and multinational response to the...


Participatory Development

Learning from South Asia

( Print: September 1998 )