Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. Ramesh Thakur is the Inaugural Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Ontario.

• ContentsList of Boxes, Tables, and FiguresSeries Editors' Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. WeissForeword John Gerard RuggieAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: The Problématique of Global Governance1. Tracing the Origins of an Idea and the UN's ContributionPart 1. International Security2. The Use of Force: War, Collective Security, and Peace Operations3. Arms Control and Disarmament4. TerrorismPart 2. Development5. Trade, Aid, and Finance6. Sustainable Development7. Saving the Environment: The Ozone Layer and Climate ChangePart 3. Human Rights8. Generations of Rights9. Protecting against Pandemics10. The Responsibility to ProtectNotesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the United Nations Intellectual History Project

Global Governance and the UN will satisfy those who seek a serious grappling with the ethical aspects of international action to address the world's most pressing challenges. The book argues that the UN's evolution is an "unfinished journey": . . . global governance will continue to evolve, with the UN at the center, in the wake of each global crisis. dec 2011(Ethics and International Affairs) Weiss and Thakur have managed to perform the difficult trick of producing a work that can function as textbook, scholarly reference, policy guide, and popular reading. . . . Recommended.(Choice)