LS366 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: World War I, World Food Programme
7 Nov 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Chapter 15 – The UN System
Gordenker
Notes
Introduction
-refers to UN as “UN Clan”
-group sharing identical “gens” regarding concern for the world/people
-reading providers overview of some activity of the UN which dealt with global struggles
Genealogy and Heritage
-Ancestors of UN (now under UN umbrella)
-Universal Postal
-International Telecommunication
-League of Nations (1919 – after WWI)
-composed of sovereign nations
-objective was peace (benefit all parties)
-did so by identifying issues and sought solutions through laws of formal national practices
-premise was to respect the law based on states agreements
-deconstructed in 1930
-Roosevelt’s four freedom
Institutional Construction
-UN made in 1945
-Quick growth of UN due to:
-dedicate peace after WWII
-due to UN alliance defeating Germany, Japan, and other allies
-Global scale of multilateral military cooperation
-US Leadership
-US took lead in developing new world
-UN had sensitivity to US politics
-therefore no backing out as they did for League of Nations
-Roosevelt used good politic negotiation with other countries
-Government use for strong economic/social programs
-no outside intervention on countries was embedded in US charter
-Functionalism (theory)
-theory states that those “who deal with practical international issues, wartime... etc., must
and can leap over international boundaries to succeed”
-by pass short term politics for long-term evolution
-notion of technologist building patterns of cooperation to elude political leaders/
diplomats
-“Specialized Agencies”
-examples: NGO, ILO,
- pg 212 (has description of UN charter)
-Critics
- Realist view
-structure of voting formulas were flawed “neglected role of power in
politics”
-nobody would agree to benefit others
- dismissed politics
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Document Summary
Group sharing identical gens regarding concern for the world/people. Reading providers overview of some activity of the un which dealt with global struggles. Did so by identifying issues and sought solutions through laws of formal national practices. Premise was to respect the law based on states agreements. Due to un alliance defeating germany, japan, and other allies. Roosevelt used good politic negotiation with other countries. No outside intervention on countries was embedded in us charter. Therefore no backing out as they did for league of nations. Theory states that those who deal with practical international issues, wartime etc. , must and can leap over international boundaries to succeed . By pass short term politics for long-term evolution. Notion of technologist building patterns of cooperation to elude political leaders/ diplomats. Pg 212 (has description of un charter) Structure of voting formulas were flawed neglected role of power in politics . Does not give any interest to individual states (especially smaller ones)
