| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Secretary or general? / Simon Chesterman -- The evolution of the Secretary-General / Brian E. Urquhart -- 'The most impossible job' description / Shashi Taroor -- Selecting the world's diplomat / Colin Keating -- Relations with the Security Council / James Cockayn, David M. Malone -- Good offices and 'groups of friends' / Teresa Whitfield -- The bully pulpit / Quang Trinh -- The Secretary-General as norm entrepreneur / Ian Johnstone -- Pope, pharaoh, or prophet? The Secretary-General after the Cold War / Adekeye Adebajo -- Leader, clerk, or policy entrepreneur? The Secretary-General in a complex world / David Kennedy -- The Secretary-General's political space / James Traub -- The Secretary-General in a unipolar world / Edward C. Luck -- Resolving the contradictions of the office / Simon Chesterman, Thomas M. Franck |
| Summary |
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is a unique figure in world politics. At once civil servant, the world's diplomat, lackey of the UN Security Council, and commander-in-chief of up to a hundred thousand peacekeepers, he or she depends on states for both the legitimacy and resources that enable the United Nations to function. The tension between these roles - of being secretary or general - has challenged every incumbent. This book brings together the insights of senior UN staff, diplomats and scholars to examine the normative and political factors that shape this unique office with particular emphasis on how it has evolved in response to changing circumstances such as globalization and the onset of the 'war on terror'. The difficulties experienced by each Secretary-General reflect the profound ambivalence of states towards entrusting their security, interests or resources to an intergovernmental body |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-269) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
United Nations. Secretary-General.
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United Nations -- Management
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| SUBJECT |
United Nations fast |
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United Nations. Secretary-General fast |
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International relations.
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World politics.
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international relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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International relations
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Management
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World politics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chesterman, Simon.
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| ISBN |
9780511275692 |
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0511275692 |
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0521699584 |
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9780521699587 |
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052187615X |
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9780521876155 |
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0511274998 |
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9780511274992 |
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9780511618680 |
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0511618689 |
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1107172454 |
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9781107172456 |
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1280815868 |
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9781280815867 |
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0511273460 |
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9780511273469 |
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0511309414 |
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9780511309410 |
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0511274254 |
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9780511274251 |
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