...This chapter shows how the histories of Polynesian island nations are very much bound up with Christianity. The growth of charismatic movements in Polynesia, against a backdrop of rapid social change and transnational circulations between the island states and strong diasporic communities in New...

... of diasporas to homelands engaged in World War I led some diaspora members to oppose both US neutrality toward the war and US support for the creation of the League of Nations. In contrast, the second stage (1941–1989) was a period of convergence brought about largely by the global implications of Cold War...

...This introductory chapter provides a history of human security and examines the use of the concept from a feminist perspective. Human security was first defined by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1994 as encompassing generalized threats derived from economic, food, health...

...This chapter discusses the contribution of The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to world peace. Since their launch in 2000, the MDGs have galvanized efforts to achieve universal peace. For instance, the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change endorsed international...

...This chapter discusses the contribution of the United Nations in protecting human rights around the world. Its foremost achievement has been the successful completion of the first cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of all 193 UN member states on the basis of their human rights records...

...The epilogue explains how the development of students’ rights between the 1960s and the 1980s shaped understandings of children’s rights more broadly. The epilogue discusses the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a United Nations treaty that the United States has refused to ratify, and argues...

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... that followed World War I and the Paris Peace Conference, Jewish and Irish diaspora nationalists continued to object to the formation of Mandatory Palestine and the Irish Free State. This chapter explores the Irish and Jewish activism inspired by contemporary rhetoric about the rights of small nations...

...This chapter investigates several complex and interrelated systems that conflate race and nationality in data collection, popular discourse, policies, and social justice efforts. Using examples drawn from autoethnographic accounts, research studies, census documents, higher education, and legal...

...This chapter discusses the mediation efforts of United Nations. Among them are the 1988 ceasefire that ended hostilities in the Iran–Iraq War, the 1988 agreement leading to the withdrawal of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, and the 1991 Paris Peace Accords that brought an end to the longstanding...

...This chapter presents three models for United Nations reform and revitalization. The Group of Four (G4)—Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan—argues for six additional permanent seats and four additional nonpermanent seats. Four of the six new permanent seats would be reserved for themselves, while...

...This chapter provides an overview of the United Nations contribution toward sustainable development. The UN implements methods to achieve to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active and healthy lives by establishing integrated solutions and a global...

...From September 2011 to September 2012, Ambassador Nasser Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar presided over the 66th session of the “world's parliament”—the United Nations General Assembly. It was a critical moment in international affairs as the UN responded to a range of global challenges, from the world...

...The resistances to SOGI rights operate in international venues, spaces where new norms and legal decisions targeting SOGI rights are developed and circulated. We analyze the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the European Union. We also include epistemic venues, in the form of international...

... between economy and crime more globally, it is no secret among criminologists that comparative poverty rates are not highly correlated with crime rates within western industrialized nations. And while some of the poorest nations of the word have high crime rates, many poor countries have relatively low...

...This chapter discusses United Nations role in disaster prevention and response. The UN system, through the Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, ensures the sustainability of current donations and investments. It promotes preparedness...

...This concluding chapter argues that through the efforts of the United Nations, civil society, regional organizations, and peace-loving states generated the culture of peace—the set of values, attitudes, and ways of life based on the principles of freedom, justice, democracy, tolerance, solidarity...

... disproportionate access to the natural resource wealth of developing nations. It then shows how armed violence is linked to natural resource extraction in many parts of the world by highlighting ten minerals that contribute to the functioning of the U.S. economy and/or military. It also presents a set of short...

... of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Declaration on Violence Against Women, and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), a dual and dueling set of global narratives emerges. These narratives are reproduced in a neoliberal world order that prefers and promotes liberal feminist women’s...