International commissions and the power of ideas / edited by Ramesh Thakur, Andrew F. Cooper and John English

1. International commissions and the mind of global governance / Andrew F. Cooper and John English -- 2. The Brandt Commission : the end of an era in North-South politics / Jean-Philippe Thérien -- 3. The Palme Commission : new thinking about security / Geoffrey Wiseman -- 4. The World Commission on Environment and Development : ideas and institutions intersect / Heather A. Smith -- 5. Equivocating on the future of world order : the Commission on Global Governance / W. Andy Knight -- 6. Regulating the possession and use of nuclear weapons : ideas, commissions, and agency in international security politics : the case of the Canberra Commission / Marianne Hanson -- 7. Beyond temples and tombs : towards effective governance for sustainable development through the World Commission on Dams / Sanjeev Khagram -- 8. Fair assessment : the Independent International Commission on Kosovo / Richard J. Goldstone and Nicole Fritz -- 9. Intervention, sovereignty, and the responsibilty to protect / Ramesh Thakur -- 10. The responsibility to protect : assessing the report of the International Convention on Intervention and State Sovereignty / Jennifer Welsh, Carolin J. Thielking, and S. Neil MacFarlane -- 11. The responsibility to protect : humanitarian intervention and the principle of non-intervention in the Americas / Jorge Heine -- 12. Ideas, institutions, and the evolution of women's human rights / Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon -- 13. Ideas, think-tanks, commissions, and global politics / Jon Pedersen -- 14. UN Reform Commissions : is anyone listening? / Edward C. Luck -- Appendix: International Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction / Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala.

xiv, 317 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
UN sales no. not printed.

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