Between sovereignty and global governance : the United Nations, the state and civil society / edited by Albert J. Paolini, Anthony P. Jarvis, and Christian Reus-Smit.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changing patterns of governance : from absolutism to global multilateralism / Christian Reus-Smit -- The place of law in colective security : reflections on the recent activity of the security council / Martti Koskenniemi -- Let whatever is smouldering erupt? Conditional sovereignty, reviewable intervention, and Rwanda 1994 / Henry Shue -- The shortcomings of the 'new humanitarianism' / Alain Destexhe -- Peacekeeping or peace enforcement? Global flux and the dilemmas of UN intervention / Lieutenant General J.M. Sanderson -- The UN role in faciltating regional nuclear-free and weapons of mass destruction-free zones / Michael Hamel-Green -- Greening the United Nations : future conditional? / Lorraine Elliott -- The new world disorder : if the states collapse, can the nations be united? / Immanuel Wallerstein -- Where are the people? The United Nations, global economic institutions and governance / Smitu Kothari -- The Bretton Woods institutions and the demise of the UN development system / Walden Bello -- The case for an economic security council in the United Nations / Mahbub ul Haq -- Powerful tendencies, enduring tensions and glaring contradictions : the United Nations in a turbulent world / James N. Rosenau -- The United Nations and world order in democratic transition / Yoshikazu Sakamoto -- The outlook for UN reform : necessary, but impossible / Richard Falk -- Regional arrangements and democratic reform of the United Nations / Nancy Viviani -- The United Nation's place in the era of globalization : a four-dimensional perspective / Joseph A. Camilleri.