{"product_id":"un-voices-the-struggle-for-development-and-social-justice-paperback-softback-9780253217882","title":"UN Voices; The Struggle for Development and Social Justice (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253217882","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUN Voices\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Struggle for Development and Social Justice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas G. Weiss (Author), Tatiana Carayannis (Author), Louis Emmerij (Author), Richard Jolly (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253217882\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 June 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.9 cm, 0.771 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The authors have cajoled, intrigued, or reassured their 73 'voices' into telling a fascinating story of the UN and its institutions, which is also a story of 73 individual lives, of women and men . . . with their own complicated histories of emigration and education, family relationships and professional choices, hopes and successes.\" —from the Foreword by Emma Rothschild\u003cbr\u003e \"Far from being a distant bureaucracy, the UN is composed of individuals who are reshaped by vital experiences. \u003ci\u003eUN Voices\u003c\/i\u003e gives international civil servants human faces and shows how ideas drive the grand experiment. It is a fascinating book.\" —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUN Voices\u003c\/i\u003e presents the human and moving stories of an extraordinary group of individuals who contributed to the economic and social record of the UN's life and activities. Drawing from extensive interviews, the book presents in their own words the experiences of 73 individuals from around the globe who have spent much of their professional lives engaged in United Nations affairs. We hear from secretaries-general and presidents, ministers and professors, social workers and field workers, as well as diplomats and executive heads of UN agencies. Among those interviewed are noted figures such as Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Alister McIntyre, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, and Kurt Waldheim, as well as many less well known UN professional men and women who have made significant contributions to the international struggle for a better world. Their personal accounts also engage their contributions in dealing with such events and issues as the UN's founding, decolonization, the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, human rights, the environment, and September 11, 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Foreword\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part One. Individuals Make a Difference\u003cbr\u003e 1. Growing Up\u003cbr\u003e The Great Depression and the Demise of the League of Nations • World War II • Faith and Family Matters\u003cbr\u003e 2. Formal Education\u003cbr\u003e Education at Home • Studying Abroad\u003cbr\u003e 3. Serendipity and International Careers\u003cbr\u003e Mentors Opening Doors • Advanced Studies as a Gateway • Post-University Homecomings • Starting Out in Teaching and Research • Beginning in National Public Service • Juggling Family and Professional Life\u003cbr\u003e Part Two. Hope, Creativity, and Frustration\u003cbr\u003e 4. From 1945 through the 1950s: Hope Held High\u003cbr\u003e The Establishment of the United Nations • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights • The Marshall Plan • The Cold War • McCarthyism • Decolonization and the Non-Aligned Movement • The UN Regional Commissions\u003cbr\u003e 5. The 1960s: Widening Development Avenues\u003cbr\u003e The First Development Decade • UNCTAD and the Group of 77 • Technical Cooperation: The Road to the UNDP • Influence of the Major Powers\u003cbr\u003e 6. The 1970s: Creativity Confronts Geopolitics\u003cbr\u003e The Environment and Sustainability • Oil Shocks and the NIEO • Transnational Corporations • The Least Developed Countries • Basic Needs and Redistribution • Women and Gender\u003cbr\u003e 7. The 1980s: Development Frustrated\u003cbr\u003e Death of the North-South \"Dialogue\" • The Debt Crisis and Adjustment: A Lost Decade • The Washington \"Consensus\" • The End of the Cold War and the Socialist Model\u003cbr\u003e 8. The 1990s and the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century: Renaissance and Reform?\u003cbr\u003e Globalization • Human Development • Human Security and the Responsibility to Protect • Global Governance and the Millennium Development Goals\u003cbr\u003e Part Three. The World Organization, Ideas, and Twenty-First-Century Challenges\u003cbr\u003e 9. A Revolutionary Idea: The International Civil Service\u003cbr\u003e Good Old Days? • Cold War Diversions • Geographical Representation • Women at the UN • Organizational Culture • Reform Difficulties\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Power of Ideas and People inside the UN\u003cbr\u003e Leadership • The Secretaries-General • Tensions in the System • Country Groups and International Negotiations\u003cbr\u003e 11. Blending Outside Intellectual Energies\u003cbr\u003e Outside Academics and Consultants • Independent Commissions of Eminent Persons • Nongovernmental Organizations and the Private Sector • Global Conferences\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Legacy and Future Intellectual Challenges\u003cbr\u003e Ideas Change International Discourse • Ideas Redefine State and Nonstate Interests and Goals • Ideas Facilitate New Coalitions • Ideas Become Embedded in Institutions • The UN's Future Intellectual Challenges\u003cbr\u003e Annex 1. Biographical Notes of Persons Interviewed\u003cbr\u003e Annex 2. A Methodological Note: Making This Oral History\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index of Persons Interviewed\u003cbr\u003e Index of Subjects\u003cbr\u003e About the Authors\u003cbr\u003e About the United Nations Intellectual History Project\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681229599000,"sku":"9780253217882","price":22.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/un-voices-the-struggle-for-development-and-social-justice-paperback-softback-9780253217882","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}