Thinking about global governance : why people and ideas matter / Thomas G. Weiss.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: United Nations, plus ca̧ change. Reinvigorating the international civil service (2010) -- How UN ideas change the world (2010) -- What happened to the idea of world government? (2009) -- Moving beyond North-South theatre (2009) -- World politics : continuity and change since 1945 (2007) / with Sam Daws -- An unchanged Security Council : the sky ain't falling (2005) -- Part 2: Non-state actors and global governance. The 'third' United Nations (2009) / with Tatiana Carayannis, and Richard Jolly -- Framing global governance, five gaps (2009) / with Ramesh Thakur -- Governance, good governance, and global governance : conceptual and actual challenges (2000) -- Pluralising global governance : analytical approaches and dimensions (1995) / with Leon Gordenker -- Part 3: Humanitarian action in a turbulent world. Political innovations and the responsibility to protect -- The fog of humanitarianism : collective action problems and learning-challenged organizations (2007) / with Peter J. Hoffman -- The humanitarian impulse (2004) -- The sunset of humanitarian intervention? The responsibility to protect in a unipolar era (2004) -- The politics of humanitarian ideas : few sovereign clothes (2000) -- Principles, politics, and humanitarian action (1999) -- A research note about military-civilian humanitarianism : more questions than answers (1997).

One of the more prolific and influential analysts of multilateral approaches to global problem-solving over the last three decades is Thomas G. Weiss. Thinking about Global Governance, Why People and Ideas Matter, assembles key scholarly and policy writing. This collection organizes his most recent work addressing the core issues of the United Nations, global governance, and humanitarian action. The essays are placed in historical and intellectual context in a substantial new introduction, which contains a healthy dose of the idealism and ethical orientation that invariably characterize his best work. This volume gives the reader a comprehensive understanding of these key topics for a globalizing world and is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.