What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix it
- ISBN-10
- 0745642985
- ISBN-13
- 9780745642987
- Series
- What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix it
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Polity
- Author
- Thomas G. Weiss
Description
What is wrong with the UN and how can we fix it? Is it possible to retrofit the world body? In this illuminating analysis, Thomas G. Weiss takes a diagnosis and cure approach to the world organization's inherent difficulties.
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- 2016-10-24
- 320 pages
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- 2016-09-19
- 320 pages
- Paperback
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