Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Reviews -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Background -- 1 The Challenges of the 21st Century -- Introduction -- Environmental Challenges -- Social Challenges -- Economic Challenges -- Security Challenges -- Inadequacy of Existing Mechanisms -- Efforts in the United Nations and in International Law -- The G7 and G20 -- Increasing International Cooperation -- A Need for Concrete Proposals -- The Urgency of Action -- Protecting National Autonomy -- Opposition to Deep Reforms and an Evolving International Landscape What is Ahead -- 2 A History of Global Governance -- Early Visions -- The League of Nations -- A Federal Union of Democratic States -- Winston Churchill's Proposal to France to Create an Anglo-French Union -- Early Thinking on the United Nations -- A Compromised United Nations -- A Broader Vision for the United Nations -- The Draft of a World Constitution and the Dublin Conference -- 3 European Integration: Building Supranational Institutions -- Mutual Recognition -- Border Controls -- A Historical Perspective -- Economic versus ''Political'' Union -- Implications for the Future Part II Reforming the Central Institutions of the United Nations -- 4 The General Assembly: Reforms to Strengthen Its Effectiveness -- Key Achievements and Weaknesses -- Moving to a System of Weighted Voting -- A Modified Schwartzberg Proposal -- An Updated Clark and Sohn Proposal -- Selection of Members -- 5 A World Parliamentary Assembly: A Catalyst for Change -- Setting up a World Parliamentary Assembly -- A Modified Heinrich/Schwartzberg WPA -- Distribution of WPA Membership -- 6 Advisory Mechanisms to Support Global Policymaking -- A Chamber of Civil Society Addressing Global Catastrophic Risks -- Enhancing UN Legislative Capacity to Consolidate Global Solidarity and Community -- 7 UN Executive Council: Beyond an Outdated Paradigm -- The Security Council at Present -- Past Proposals for Security Council Reform -- Successor Organ: UN Executive Council -- 8 Completing the Collective Security Mechanism of the Charter: Establishing an International Peace Force -- Early Attempts -- The UN Charter and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes -- Development of the Concept of a Standing Force -- Peace Enforcement: Further Considerations The International Evolution of War and Violence: A Story of Diminishing Returns -- The Establishment of an International Peace Force -- Challenges in Implementation -- 9 Toward Systemic Disarmament: Resetting Global Priorities -- Introduction -- Background -- The UN Charter Provisions on Disarmament/Arms Control -- Recent Developments in Arms Control -- The Challenge -- Abolition of War -- Self-Defense -- Past Multilateral Disarmament Measures and Proposals -- Disarmament in Today's World: Toward Systemic Arms Control and Disarmament -- Proposals to Enable Modern Comprehensive Disarmament…”

Materias: “…Political institutions and public administration (Europe)|Political Science|Political Science & Studies|Soviet Union. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ratebaye -- The Need for Reforms -- Your Excellency, in a nutshell, what are the financial and institutional reforms of the African Union (AU) all about? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Personne unique ou entité collégiale -- Une institution unipersonnelle -- Les institutions collégiales -- 2.1.2. …”

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