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UNU (United Nations University) is the academic arm of the United Nations system, which implements research and educational programmes in the area of sustainable development, with the particular aim of assisting developing countries.

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JUST TRANSITIONS EXPLORATIONS

Just Transitions

Explorations of Sustainability in an Unfair World

23 Feb 2012
The theme of a just transition reconciles the sustainable use of natural resources with a pervasive commitment to sufficiency (where over-consumers are satisfied with less so that under-consumers can secure enough). It explores the perplexing logics of a range of different literatures and synthes...
PEOPLE VS THE STATE REFLECTIONS

The People vs. The State

Reflections on UN Authority, US Power and the Responsibility to Protect

3 Oct 2011
Responsibility to Protect (R2P) aims to convert international conscience into timely and decisive collective action to rescue vulnerable communities. The choice is not whether international interventions will take place but where, when, how and under whose authority. Given the nature and victims ...
ACCOUNTABLE GOV IN AFRICA PUBLIC

Accountable Government in Africa

Perspectives from Public Law and Political Studies

23 Feb 2012
A number of leading experts in the fields of public law, political science and democratization studies contributed to this book to identify ways of making African governments accountable and describe the extent to which these mechanisms work in practice. It presents new knowledge about legal and ...
CIVIL SOCIETY CONFL HUM RIGHTS

Civil Society, Conflicts and the Politicization of Human Rights

26 Jul 2011
This publicaton explores violence, conflict and peace. It focuses on the non-governmental component in ethno-political conflicts. Civil society actors, or conflict society organizations (CoSOs), are increasingly central in view of the complexity of contemporary ethno-political conflicts CoSOs are...
PUBLIC WORKS & SOCIAL PROTECTION

Public Works and Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa

Do Public Works Work for the Poor?

4 Dec 2012
Public Works Programmes (PWPs) are widely implemented in developing countries, often with funding from major international donor agencies. They provide employment for the chronically poor while creating assets for the state, offering a transfer of welfare which is also a tangible economic investm...
KEEP WATCH MONIT TECH UN PEACE

Keeping Watch

Monitoring Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations

20 Jul 2011
Knowledge is power. In the hands of United Nations peacekeepers, it can be a power for peace. Lacking knowledge, peacekeepers often find themselves powerless in the field, unable to protect themselves and others. This book explains how technologies can increase the range, effectiveness and accura...
BLOOD & BORDERS KIN-STATE

Blood and Borders

The Responsibility to Protect and the Problem of the Kin-State

26 Jul 2011
Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of failing to protect people targeted by fellow citizens. When minority groups in one country are targeted for killings or ethnic cleansing based on their group identity, whose responsibility is it to protect them? In particular, ar...
FIXING HAITI MINUSTAH & BEYOND

Fixing Haiti

MINUSTAH and Beyond

26 Jul 2011
References to the land of the black Jacobins are almost always followed by the phrase the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere”. To that distinction, on 12 January 2010, Haiti added another, when it was hit by a devastating natural disaster, a 7.0 Richter scale earthquake. Since 2004, the Un...
DEFYING VICTIMHOOD WOMEN CONFLICT

Defying Victimhood

Women and Post-conflict Peacebuilding

4 Sep 2012
Women are among the most competent, yet marginalized, unnoticed and underutilized actors in efforts to rebuild war-torn societies. Opportunities for sustainable peacebuilding are lost - and sustainable peace is at risk - when significant stakeholders in a society’s future peace and conflict archi...
CROSS BORDER GOVERNANCE IN ASIA

Cross-Border Governance in Asia

Regional Issues and Mechanisms

17 Mar 2011
Rapid globalization has led to increased flows of capital, services, ideas, information and people between countries. Problems that face one nation often have a rippling impact throughout the region and globally. This growing list of cross-border challenges cannot be resolved by isolated policy a...
REALIZING DEV POTENTIAL DIASPORAS

Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas

17 Feb 2011
In this book, international experts including academics, policymakers, private sector practitioners, and representatives of diaspora communities further our understanding of how the growing population of expatriates from the developing world can be effectively leveraged to promote development in ...
DARK SIDE OF GLOBALIZATION

The Dark Side of Globalization

17 Feb 2011
Globalization has brought many benefits, including the reduction of poverty in several countries. But it also has a dark side: the unleashing of negative forces as a result of the compression of time and space made possible by modern technology. From arms trafficking in West Africa through armed ...
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE POLICY

Traditional Knowledge in Policy and Practice

Approaches to Development and Human Well-Being

8 Dec 2010
Traditional knowledge (TK) has contributed immensely to shaping development and human well-being. Its influence spans a variety of sectors, including agriculture, health, education and governance. However, in today’s world, TK is increasingly underrepresented or under-utilized. Further, while the...
POLITICAL VIOLENCE SOUTH & SOUTHEA

Political Violence in South and Southeast Asia

Critical Perspectives

30 Nov 2010
This volume explores the sources and manifestations of political violence in South and Southeast Asia and the myriad roles that it plays in everyday life. It considers and critiques the manner in which political violence is understood and constructed, and the common assumptions that prevail regar...
FUTURE INTL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Future of International Environmental Law, The

9 Nov 2010
Through a collection essays by leading scholars in international environmental law from around the world, this book explores the future of international environmental law in a world of ever worsening environmental crises. It examines the success stories and the failures of international environme...
ENGAGING CIVIL SOCIETY DEM GOVERN

Engaging Civil Society

Emerging Trends in Democratic Governance

7 Jul 2010
The rapid pace of globalization has led to the increasing interdependence of member states of the United Nations to achieve sustainable development objectives, including the eradication of extreme poverty, environmental protection, access to basic services and livelihoods and the promotion of eco...
BUILDING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT ASIA

Building Trust in Government

Innovations in Governance Reform in Asia

7 Jul 2010
The ability of governments and the global community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, ensure security, and promote adherence to basic standards of human rights depends on people's trust in their government. This book seeks to answer many of the questions raised in reference to means of...
ACHIEVING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY

Achieving Global Sustainability

Policy Recommendations

3 Nov 2011
This book looks at how to achieve a more secure level of global sustainability and gathers recommendations. It analyzes the relationship between globalization and sustainability, evaluating arguments on the necessity of fundamental changes in economic growth and discusses the radical evolutions i...
SUSTAINAB SCIENCE MULTIDISC APPROA

Sustainability Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach

A Multidisciplinary Approach

2 Jun 2011
Sustainability science is an academic discipline that emerged in response to threats to the sustainability of the global environment. Its purpose is to help build a sustainable society by developing solutions to climate change, the exhaustion of resources, ecological destruction and other environ...
HUMAN RIGHTS REGIMES AMERICAS

Human Rights Regimes in the Americas

5 Apr 2010
Human Rights Regimes in the Americas examines the complex role of human rights norms and standards in the region’s progression, illustrating the evolution and impact of international conventions, laws and institutions. The chapters combine historical detail with a focus on presentday challenges f...
DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH PARTICIPATION

Democracy in the South

Participation, the State and the People

26 Apr 2010
Traditionally, studies on democracy have focused on the orthodox so-called Northern models of democratic governance, and within this framework, the extent to which Southern models are considered democratic. Democracy in the South is the first truly international collaboration that draws attention...
CLIMATE CHANGE & GLOBAL SUSTAINAB

Climate Change and Global Sustainability

A Holistic Approach

10 Mar 2011
Climate change owing to global warming is a paramount concern for society in the 21st century, and it is not an issue that can be solved by individual academic or scientific disciplines working in isolation. Because climate change involves a wide range of interlinked problems, solutions must be p...
ESTABLISH RESOURCE CIRCUL SOC ASIA

Establishing a Resource-circulating Society in Asia

Challenges and Opportunities

1 Jul 2011
This publication addresses the issues associated with sustainable resource-circulating societies. It focuses on Asia, where both population growth and economic growth are increasingly prominent in the global context. It covers topics related to technological or socioeconomic issues or a combinati...
DESIGNING OUR FUTURE LOCAL ECOSYS

Designing Our Future

Local Perspectives on Bioproduction, Ecosystems and Humanity

10 Mar 2011
This volume focuses primarily on society at the local and regional levels and on a scenario in which human beings coexist harmoniously with nature. This ideal society is examined in terms of the relationships between villages or towns and their natural environment. It also looks at how these vill...
UN JUSTICE REFORM GOVERN OPERATION

United Nations Justice

Legal and Judicial Reform in Governance Operations

23 Apr 2010
At the end of the 20th century, and at the dawn of the 21st, the United Nations was tasked with the administration of justice in territories placed under its executive authority, an undertaking for which there was no established precedent or doctrine. Examining the UN’s legal and judicial reform ...
STATE OF ENVIRO ASIA 2006/07

The State of the Environment in Asia 2006/2007

19 May 2010
The State of the Environment in Asia 2006/2007 is the fourth in a series of publications on Asia’s environmental landscape. Originally published in Japanese as Ajia Kankyo Hakusho 2006/2007, this English-translated edition serves as an indispensible source of information on the Asian environment ...
PARTNERSHIPS FOR WOMENS HEALTH

Partnerships for Women's Health

Striving for Best Practice within the UN Global Compact

1 Dec 2009
Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy or childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of national and international policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, vio...
USABLE THOUGHTS CLIMATE WATER

Usable Thoughts

Climate, Water and Weather in the Twenty-first Century

9 Dec 2009
Short quotations are often used to stimulate thought and evoke discussion. The intention of this book is no less ambitious. Drawing upon a series of quotations taken from the World Meteorological Organization-sponsored publication, Climate: Into the 21st Century, the authors set out to encourag...
AFRICAN SECURITY GOVERNANCE

African Security Governance

Emerging Issues

22 Apr 2010
Africa faces a seemingly ever-increasing range of security challenges. This book is a result of research carried out over a number of years by the Southern African Defense and Security Management Network (SADSEM) on many of these new and emerging security issues, in cooperation with the Danish In...
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON LIBERAL PEACE

New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding

29 Dec 2009
Peacebuilding in conflict-prone or post-conflict countries — such as East Timor, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone — aims to prevent the re-emergence or escalation of violent conflict and establish a durable peace. This volume explores and critiques the ‘liberal’ premise of contemporary peaceb...