This book concentrates on the bureaucratic aspects of the United Nation. It is intended to be educational, and indeed young people are intended to be a special audience. The book attempts to identify explanations for stability and initiative within international secretariats.
Preface -- Introduction -- Towards a Theory of International
Organizations -- On the Anthropology of the United Nations System -- Power in
the Un Superbureaucracy: A New Byzantium? -- Permanence and Innovation in
International Organisations -- A Typology of United Nations Organisations --
Selected Case Studies -- UNCTAD, Controversy Over International Trade --
International Secretariat or Servant of the G77?: a Portrait of UNCTAD* --
Unctad and Its Shareholders: Dialogue for Betterment -- Unesco, A Secretariat
Under Fire -- The 'Politicization' of Un Specialized Agencies: The UNESCO
SYNDROME -- The UNESCO Secretariat 'Decolonised'? Geographical Distribution
of the Staff, 197284 -- A Regional Perspective -- Experts of the United
Nations in Third World Development: A View From Asia -- Conclusion -- The
United Nations: Unhappy Family
David Pitt, Thomas G. Weiss
