UN voices [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for development and social justice / / Thomas G. Weiss ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457584003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 9786612072406; 1-282-07240-4; 0-253-11058-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (545 p.)
• Collana: United Nations intellectual history project
• Altri autori (Persone): WeissThomas George
• Disciplina: 341.23/09
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Growing up -- Formal education -- Serendipity and international careers -- From 1945 through the 1950s : hope held high -- The 1960s : widening development avenues -- The 1970s : creativity confronts geopolitics -- The 1980s : development frustrated -- The 1990s and the dawn of the twenty-first century : renaissance and reform? -- A revolutionary idea : the international civil service -- The power of ideas and people inside the UN -- Blending outside intellectual energies -- The legacy and future intellectual challenges.
• Sommario/riassunto: ""The authors have cajoled, intrigued, or reassured their 73 'voices' into telling a fascinating story of the UN and its institutions, which is also a story of 73 individual lives, of women and men... with their own complicated histories of emigration and education, family relationships and professional choices, hopes and successes."" -- from the Foreword by Emma Rothschild""Far from being a distant bureaucracy, the UN is composed of individuals who are reshaped by vital experiences. UN Voices