The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations
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The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations by Maggie Black
In the first book to distill the entire history of the United Nations into one accessible volume, Black explains how this complex organisation works and explores its successes, failings and current limitations. It includes the UN's creation and early history; how it is structured and whether it is well constituted in its functions. Black considers possibilities for reform to make it more democratic, effective and fit for purpose.Maggie Black is a writer whose previous work has focused on development issues affecting the poor and disadvantaged, such as histories of Oxfam and UNICEF (OUP 1992, 1996). This has proven to be an unexpectedly beneficial apprenticeship for a study of her great-grandfather's pioneering life in Victoria, with its themes of exclusion of local Indigenous peoples, development of farming practices, and the construction of a new civilization.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904456889 |
| ISBN 10 | 190445688X |
| Title | The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations |
| Author | Maggie Black |
| Series | No-Nonsense Guides |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New Internationalist Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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