Transforming Law and Institution

2016-02-24 Political Science

Author : Rhiannon Morgan
Release : 2016-02-24
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Transforming Law and Institution written by Rhiannon Morgan. This book was released on 2016-02-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past thirty or so years, discussions of the status and rights of indigenous peoples have come to the forefront of the United Nations human rights agenda. During this period, indigenous peoples have emerged as legitimate subjects of international law with rights to exist as distinct peoples. At the same time, we have witnessed the establishment of a number of UN fora and mechanisms on indigenous issues, including the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, all pointing to the importance that the UN has come to place on the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples' rights. Morgan describes, analyses, and evaluates the efforts of the global indigenous movement to engender changes in UN discourse and international law on indigenous peoples' rights and to bring about certain institutional developments reflective of a heightened international concern. By the same token, focusing on the interaction of the global indigenous movement with the UN system, this book examines the reverse influence, that is, the ways in which interacting with the UN system has influenced the claims, tactical repertoires, and organizational structures of the movement.

The United Nations

2020-09-08 Political Science

Author : Kent J. Kille
Release : 2020-09-08
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book The United Nations written by Kent J. Kille. This book was released on 2020-09-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This key resource for anyone interested in the United Nations, global issues, or world politics provides accessible and comprehensive coverage of the history, growth, and development of ideas and institutions governing the globe. The United Nations has been an essential actor in world politics for 75 years. Its entities have eliminated smallpox, protected the ozone layer, promoted arms control, and helped to save the lives of over 90 million children. Yet, it is frequently criticized as ineffective and antiquated. This book provides a balanced and systematic overview of the UN's contributions and challenges, highlighting areas where it plays an essential role in global governance as well as areas of redundancy and needed reform. This book provides readers with a clear, well-organized reference resource to the entire UN system-its principal organs, specialized agencies, programs and funds, and key issues of engagement. Through individual entries, it examines the history of UN engagement, ranging from peace and security to migration and climate change. It moves beyond a simple description of UN entities as it assesses the development of ideas (such as that of sustainable development), as well as responses to changes in world politics. Finally, it presents both the significant successes of UN work and continued challenges.

A New Partnership

1994 Education

Author : Judith P. Zinsser
Release : 1994
Genre : Education
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Download or read book A New Partnership written by Judith P. Zinsser. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide aimed at teachers in both primary and secondary schools, elucidating indigenous people's close links with their environment, discussing their rights, values, traditions and languages, and analysing the different phases in a growing partnership with the United Nations system. Includes resource material for classroom use.

Palaces of Hope

2017-01-26 Law

Author : Ronald Niezen
Release : 2017-01-26
Genre : Law
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Download or read book Palaces of Hope written by Ronald Niezen. This book was released on 2017-01-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume assembles in one place the work of scholars who are making key contributions to a new approach to the United Nations, and to global organizations and international law more generally. Anthropology has in recent years taken on global organizations as a legitimate source of its subject matter. The research that is being done in this field gives a human face to these world-reforming institutions. Palaces of Hope demonstrates that these institutions are not monolithic or uniform, even though loosely connected by a common organizational network. They vary above all in their powers and forms of public engagement. Yet there are common threads that run through the studies included here: the actions of global institutions in practice, everyday forms of hope and their frustration, and the will to improve confronted with the realities of nationalism, neoliberalism, and the structures of international power.

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