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This innovative, high profile volume presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-art analysis of the
United Nations. The volume is intended to shape the discipline of UN studies, and to establish itself as the essential point of reference for all those
working on, in, or around the world organization. The volume is substantial in scope, containing 40 chapters from 49 leading scholars and practitioners -
writing sometimes controversially, but always authoritatively - on the key topics and debates that define the institution.
"This Handbook is extraordinarily ambitious and very timely, providing
the most comprehensive assessment available anywhere of the UN's
performance in an increasingly challenging global environment,
and featuring an outstanding cast of authors. It will be an indispensable
reference guide for scholars and practitioners alike." —Prof.
John G. Ruggie, Harvard University, Former UN Assistant Secretary-General
"The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations provides the essential
overview of the UN under its Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. Timely
and authoritative, the book provides a well-judged balance of
analysis, critique, and prescription at a crucial time for the
World Organization." —Mary Robinson, President, Realizing
Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, Former President
of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
"Given the constant pressure of events within the United Nations,
and rapid developments in all the fields that it touches, it is
very useful to have a study that stands back and reflects on the
challenges for the United Nations as the new Secretary-General
takes office. The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations is clearly
a scholarly and important work. The editors of this volume have
sought contributors of the highest quality to comment on the track
record of the Organisation and to make recommendations for the
future. The Handbook will surely be of interest to all those who
know - or think that they know – the United Nations." —Judge
Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice
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