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2005–2006Publications

Contents/Publisher’s Preface

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Peace and Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13–25

Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–39

Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40–42

Selected Backlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43–47

Proposals/Reprints/Translations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

List of Distributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49–54

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Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Publisher’s Preface2005 is the 30th anniversary of the year that the United Nations University started operations and this catalogue demonstrates the breadth and depth of the University’s ever-expanding intellectual output and networks.

UNU Press has been publishing award-winning books from United Nations University and further afield for more than 14 years. We publish on leading edge issues of importance to the United Nations and its member countries and their peoples. The comments and endorsements in this catalogue demonstrate the strong support UNU Press enjoys among readers.

These books help scholars, policymakers and civil society understand and address evolving issues of governance, security and sustainable development. We are pleased to present a collection of new and recent titles relevant to our changing times.

United Nations University Press publishes research that addresses international policies and the issues facing the United Nations and its people and member states, particularly in the fields of peace and governance, multilateralism, and environmental and sustainable develop-ment. UNU Press is the publishing arm of United Nations University, an organ of the United Nations established by the General Assembly in 1972 to be an inter-national community of scholars engaged in research, advanced training, and the dissemination of knowledge related to the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare.

United Nations University Press 1

New Titles

The WTO and Sustainable Development

GARY P. SAMPSON

“Professor Gary Sampson . . . presents policy options that are both ambitious and realistic, the pursuit of which could contribute to more coherent and mutually supportive action on the part of governments to both trade and sustainable development. This book is a useful contribution to the literature and should be of interest to a large part of the international community, including government offi cials, academics, the business community, and both intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations.”

—Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, UNCTAD Secretary-General and former WTO Director General (2002–2005)

“For trade to contribute to sustainable development, it is pertinent that the WTO must shift. I welcome Professor Gary Sampson’s book and hope that it will stimulate intellectual discourse for changing our mindset by putting fair trade in the mainstream of sustainable development and poverty alleviation.”

—Emil Salim, former Indonesian Minister of Population and Environment

“Professor Gary Sampson’s analysis . . . is sharp and his suggestions are full of wisdom. I regard this book to be a very important contribution to the study of the WTO.”

—Mitsuo Matsushita, founding member of the WTO Appellate Body

Gary P. Sampson is the Professor of Economic Governance at the Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Yokohama, Japan, and Professor at the Centre for Business and Public Policy, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne University. He is a former Director of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Introduction and overview

Institutional considerations

Trade liberalization, market access and sustainable development

Discrimination, WTO rules and sustainable development

WTO Agreements and standards

MEAs, the WTO and sustainable development

Biotechnology, sustainable development and the WTO

Trade in services and sustainable development

Special and differential treatment and sustainable economic development: Substance and process

Changing importance and perceptions of the WTO

World trade and environment organizations

Coherence and sustainable development

“[This book] is a crucial fi rst step

in identifying and exploring

the issues that fall under the

umbrellas of sustainable

development and the expanded

agenda of trade policy.”

—Pascal Lamy, WTO

Director-General and former

European Union Commissioner for

Trade (1999–2004)

ISBN 92-808-1115-0330 pages; paper: $45.00 USSeptember 2005

2 United Nations University Press

New Titles

Security Sector Reform and Post-Confl ict Peacebuilding

EDITED BY ALBRECHT SCHNABEL AND HANS-GEORG EHRHART

Military and police forces play a crucial role in the long-term success of political, economic and cultural rebuilding efforts in post-confl ict societies. Yet, while charged with the long-term task of providing a security environment conducive to rebuilding war-torn societies, internal security structures tend to lack civilian and democratic control, internal cohesion and effectiveness, and public credibility. They must be placed under democratic control and restructured and retrained to become an asset, not a liability, in the long-term peacebuilding process. External actors from other nations, regional organizations and the United Nations can be of assistance in this process, by creating a basic security environment, preventing remnants of armed groups from spoiling the fragile peacebuilding process, and by facilitat-ing reform of the local security sector.

This book offers analyses of an international group of academics and practicioners with direct experiences with security sector reform programmes in different parts of the world.

“The case studies offer the reader a useful laboratory in which comparisons can be made and observations tested. It will be useful to policymakers interested in understanding the complex-ity of addressing security sector reform and civil-military relations. It should appeal to military, peacekeeping, and police forces who are increasingly being asked to insert themselves in confl ict zones to bring a level of stability so that peace can be built and sustained.”

—Dr. W. Andy Knight, McCalla Research Professor, University of Alberta, Canada.

Contributors: Albrecht Schnabel, Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Dylan Hendrickson, Andrzej Karkoszka, Rocky Williams, Fernando Isturiz, Biljana Vankovska, Allison Ritscher, Ekaterina A. Stepanova, David Darchiashvili, Stefan Wolff, Andrés Serbin, Andrés Fontana, Thomas C. Bruneau, Nibaldo H. Galleguillos, Chetan Kumar, Sophie Richardson, Peter Sainsbury, William Maley

Albrecht Schnabel is a Senior Research Fellow at swisspeace–Swiss Peace Foundation, and a Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, University of Bern. Hans-Georg Ehrhart is a Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.

Table of Contents:

The challenges of post-confl ict peacebuilding and security sector reform

Experiences from Europe: Macedonia, Bosnia, Russia, Georgia, and Northern Ireland

Experiences from Latin America: El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Chile, and Haiti

Experiences from Asia: Cambodia, East Timor, and Afghanistan

“This book includes a diverse

mix of international scholars

and practitioners, which

gives it a richness and variety

that will appeal to serious

observers of peacebuilding in

post-confl ict settings.”

—Dr. W. Andy Knight,

McCalla Research Professor,

University of Alberta, Canada

ISBN 92-808-1109-6352 pages; paper: $40.00 US

November 2005


New Titles

Reforming from the TopA Leaders’ 20 Summit

EDITED BY JOHN ENGLISH, RAMESH THAKUR AND ANDREW F. COOPER

The system of global governance is under serious challenge. The UN, the G7/8, the IMF and the World Bank are but a handful of the organizations suffering from a crisis of legitimacy for an international system that appears ill-suited for timely, innovative and effective solu-tions to contemporary global challenges. Moreover, it is a system that made sense mainly for the post-Second World War era, but sixty years later seems ill-equipped for bridging the growing political and economic divides between North and South and accommodating the needs of the big, emergent markets.

Some scholars and practitioners have suggested that the time has come for the establish-ment of new multilateral forums that refl ect 21st century realities. One option attracting increased attention in policy and academic circles is to create a Summit of the leaders of 20 nations (L20), an institution that draws its inspiration from both the current G7/8 leaders’ meetings and the G20 fi nance ministers’ meetings.

This book explores whether the creation of an L20 is a feasible possibility for the interna-tional community. It offers thematic and geographic arguments in favour of the L20, with a particular emphasis on the larger role that it could play in bringing about reform of the global economic and fi nancial systems.

Contributors: Andrew F. Cooper and John English, Barry Carin, Gordon Smith, Colin I. Bradford, Jr., Angel Gurria, Richard Higgott, Saori N. Katada, Daniel Drache, John J. Kirton, Yoginder K. Alagh, Yu Yongding, Ricardo U. Sennes, Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa, Ian Taylor, Abdel Monem Said Aly, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Ramesh Thakur, Andrew S. Thompson

John English is Executive Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada. Ramesh Thakur is Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations), Tokyo, Japan. Andrew F. Cooper is Associate Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Canada.

Table of Contents:

Reforming the international system from the top: A leaders’ 20 summit

Making change happen at the global level

Anticipating the future: A political agenda for global economic governance

A leaders’ 20 summit?

Multilateralism and the limits of global governance

Balancing act: Japan’s strategy in global and regional fi nancial governance

The political economy of dissent: Global publics after Cancun

Toward multilateral reform: The G20’s contribution

On sherpas and coolies: The L20 and non-brahmanical futures

China’s evolving global view

Brazil’s multiple forms of external engagement: Foreign policy dilemmas

South Africa: Beyond the impasse in global governance

The L20 and the restructuring of the international economic order: An Egyptian perspective

Government networks, world order, and the L20

The L20 in the twenty-fi rst century

ISBN 92-808-1118-5348 pages; paper: $45.00 USOctober 2005


New Titles

Medical BiotechnologyAchievements, Prospects and Perceptions

ALBERT SASSON

For many people, biotechnology means genetically modifi ed organisms, alien species, toxic weapons or hormone-treated beef. Yet it is also a tool to control plant and animal pests, pre-serve species, utilize genetic resources for health and nutrition and protect the environment. Society’s ability to manage, share and regulate advanced biotechnology offers many opportu-nities and raises many challenges and risks.

This book explores the issues of advanced biotechnology and examines the progress made in recent years. It looks at the drivers of medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology develop-ment in the United States, the European Union and Japan. It describes the biotechnology tools to fi ght major global health concerns such as Ebola fever, the human immunodefi cien-cy virus, the SARS virus and the Avian fl u virus, as well as regulatory concerns and public perceptions.

Professor Sasson also provides a state of the art analysis of the progress of selected develop-ing countries in fostering their own bio-industries. He examines some of the most contro-versial areas of medical biotechnology, including issues such as stem cell research and gene therapy and some of the ethical issues they raise.

Albert Sasson is a Senior Visiting Professor at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies. He has had a distinguished career as a scientist and scientifi c advisor and he was Assistant Director-General of UNESCO from 1993 to 1996. His work and research have culminated in over 200 publications. Professor Sasson is an Associate Member of the Club of Rome and holds a number of honorary appointments and degrees, including an ap-pointment by the King of Morocco as a Member of the Human Rights Consultative Council.

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Introduction: Biotechnology, bio-industry and bio-economy

Medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology: Current achievements and innovation prospects

Regulatory issues

The economics of pharmaceutical biotechnology and bioindustry

Promising areas and ventures

Medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology in some developing countries

Social acceptance of medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology

The globalization of regulatory standards and ethical norms: Solidarity with developing nations

“The fi ndings of this book

are a valuable contribution

to the state of our knowledge

about modern biotechnology,

to UNU-IAS efforts to raise

awareness among policy

makers and stakeholders, and

to educating the public at large

about the greater implications

and prospects concerning

the advances of this rapidly

growing new technology.”

—From the Foreword by A. H. Zakri,

Director of the United Nations

University Institute of Advanced Studies


October 2005


New Titles

The Chemical Weapons ConventionImplementation, Challenges and Opportunities

EDITED BY RAMESH THAKUR AND ERE HARU

The most complex and comprehensive disarmament treaty ever to be adopted, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is intended to provide robust assurance that chemical weapons will not be developed, produced, stockpiled, used or transferred. To implement and enforce the CWC and verify the ongoing elimination of declared chemical weapons production capacity and stockpiles, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inspects military and industrial sites in dozens of countries. OPCW membership now embraces over 95 percent of the world’s population and 98 percent of the relevant global chemical industry.

This book provides an in-depth explanation of the notable achievements of the CWC in a relatively short span since 1997, and examines the issues that must be addressed to ensure the regime’s continuing vitality in the context of dynamic changes in the security environ-ment, and in science, industry and technology.

Featuring contributions from government and OPCW offi cials and experts in international law, industry, government and media, this volume highlights the challenges in implemen-tation and assesses and recommends the means necessary to preserve the global ban on chemical weapons perpetually.

Contributors: Ramesh Thakur, Ralf Trapp, Robert J Mathews, Faiza Patel King, Margaret E. Kosal, Keith Wilson, Masahiko Asada, Ere Haru

Ramesh Thakur is Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations), Tokyo, Japan. Ere Haru is Head, Training and Staff Development Branch, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, the Netherlands.

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

The Chemical Weapons Convention—multilateral instrument with a future

The fi rst review conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention: A drafter’s perspective

Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention: A comparative case study

Chemical weapons destruction and the public involvement

Standing the test of time—Efforts to achieve universality of the CWC

Challenge inspection system of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Problems and prospects

Conclusion

“Provides an excellent survey

of key issues related to

the implementation of the

1993 Chemical Weapons

Convention (CWC), as

well as the challenges and

opportunities facing the treaty

in the coming years”.

—Jonathan B. Tucker,

Center for Nonproliferation Studies,

Monterey Institute of International

Studies, California, USA.

ISBN 92-808-1123-1200 pages; paper: $30.00 USJune 2006


New Titles

Researching Confl ict in AfricaInsights and Experiences

EDITED BY ELISABETH PORTER, GILLIAN ROBINSON, MARIE SMYTH, ALBRECHT SCHNABEL AND EGHOSA OSAGHAE

Parts of Africa experience persistent violence and seemingly intractable confl icts. These generally have deep historical roots dating to colonial periods and before, and many of them have become more destructive in the post-Cold war period.

These violent confl icts have drawn researchers seeking to determine and explain why con-fl icts are prevalent, what makes them intensify, and how confl icts can be resolved. However much of the literature on research methodology does not address the complexities of con-ducting research in the midst of violent confl ict and massive ethno-political disputes.

This book directly addresses these issues. It examines the ethical and practical issues of re-searching within violent and divided societies. It provides fascinating and factual case studies from Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Africa. The authors provide insights about researching confl ict in Africa that can only be gained through fi eldwork experience.

This book is of interest to all researchers interested in Africa and to those involved in re-search about, and within, societies experiencing confl ict and violence.

Contributors: Bolanle Akande Adetoun, Dominic K. Agyeman, Isaac Olawale Albert, Erin K. Baines, Arsène Mwaka Bwenge, Jacqui Gallinetti, Eghosa E. Osaghae, Elisabeth Porter, Gillian Robinson, Albrecht Schnabel, Marie Smyth, J. Zoë Wilson

Elisabeth Porter is INCORE Research Director at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Gillian Robinson is INCORE Director and ARK Director at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. Marie Smyth is the Head of Research and Communication for Criminal Justice Inspection, Northern Ireland. Albrecht Schnabel is a Senior Research Fellow at swisspeace, Bern, and a Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland. Eghosa Osaghae is a Professor of Political Science & Vice-Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Nigeria.

Table of contents:

Introduction

Insider-outsider issues in researching violent and divided societies.

Preventing and managing violent confl ict: The role of the researcher

The role and function of research in a divided society: A case study of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

Methodological lessons: Working with Liberian and Togolese refugees in Ghana

Applying social work practice to the study of ethnic militias: The Oduduwa People’s Congress in Nigeria

Researching ethno-political confl icts in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Accessing the child’s voice: Methods used in South Africa

Certainty, subjectivity and truth: Refl ections on the ethics of wartime research in Angola

Gender research in violently divided societies: Methods and ethics of ‘international’ re-searchers in Rwanda

Conclusion: Refl ections on contemporary research in Africa


October 2005


New Titles

Crossing National BordersHuman Migration Issues in Northeast Asia

EDITED BY TSUNEO AKAHA AND ANNA VASSILIEVA.

International migration and other types of cross-border movement of people are becom-ing an important part of international relations in Northeast Asia. In this pioneering study, experts on China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Russia examine the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of the interaction between border-crossing individuals and host communities, highlighting the challenges that face national and local leaders in each country and suggesting needed changes in national and international policies. The authors analyze population trends and migration patterns in each country: Chinese migration to the Russian Far East, Chinese, Koreans, and Russians in Japan, North Koreans in China, and migration issues in South Korea and Mongolia. The book introduces a wealth of empirical material and insight to both international migration studies and Northeast Asian area studies.

Contributors: Robert A. Scalapino, Tsuneo Akaha, Anna Vassilieva, Maurice D. Van Arsdol Jr., Stephen Lam, Brian Ettkin, Glenn Guarin, Victor Larin, Elizabeth Wishnick, Daojiong Zha, Mika Merviö, Hazel Smith, Shin-wha Lee, Tsedendamba Batbayar

Tsuneo Akaha is a Professor of International Policy Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California, USA. Anna Vassilieva is an Associate Professor and Russian Studies Program Head, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California, USA.

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Introduction: Crossing national borders

Population trends and migration patterns in Northeast Asia

Chinese in the Russian Far East: Regional views

Migration and economic security: Chinese labour migrants in the Russian Far East

The Russian presence in contemporary Japan: Case studies in Hokkaido and Niigata

Chinese migrants in contemporary Japan: The case of Niigata

Koreans in Japan and Shimane

North Koreans in China: Sorting fact from fi ction

The realities of South Korea’s migration policies

Foreign migration issues in Mongolia

Conclusion: Implications for regional international relations

ISBN 92-808-1117-7274 pages; paper: $35.00 USNovember 2005


New Titles

Floods in BangladeshHistory, Dynamics and Rethinking the Role of the Himalayas

THOMAS HOFER AND BRUNO MESSERLI

Is it really true that deforestation and land use practices of the Himalayan farmers are to blame for the recurring and devastating monsoon fl oods in the plains of the Ganga and Brahmaputra? The validity of this paradigm has been increasingly questioned. This book presents new evidence resulting from a research project on fl oods in Bangladesh in the context of highland–lowland linkages.

Massive fl oods have occurred regularly before man’s impact on the large river basins began. There is no statistical evidence that the frequency of fl ooding in Bangladesh has increased during the 20th century. There is indication however, that the inter-annual variation of fl oods and the areal extent of big events have increased since 1950. This trend can be related to similar trends in rainfall and discharge patterns.

The hydro-meteorological processes in the Himalayas are not the main causes for fl oods in Bangladesh. The combination of simultaneous discharge peaks of the big rivers, high runoff from the Meghalaya Hills, heavy rainfall in Bangladesh, high groundwater tables and spring tides creates particularly favourable conditions for large-scale fl ooding. Lateral river embank-ments and the disappearance of natural water storage areas in the lowlands seem to have a signifi cant impact on the fl ooding processes. Accordingly, the myth about deforestation creat-ing big fl oods and the habit of blaming mountain dwellers for the fl ood catastrophes must be abandoned. However, this does not relieve the mountain inhabitants of their responsibility to use and manage the environment sustainably.

Whereas politicians and engineers perceive monsoon fl oods as the main problem for Bangladesh, the fl ood affected people are more concerned—besides the devastating tropical cyclones—with lateral river erosion, landlessness and economic survival problems.

Thomas Hofer is a mountain expert in the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy. Bruno Messerli is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Institute of Geography and Rector of the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Table of Contents:

The project on Bangladesh fl oods: Background, framework and key questions

Floods in Bangladesh: Understanding the basic principles

Data situation: The need to compromise

The history of fl ooding in the lowlands of the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers

Understanding Bangladesh fl oods in the context of highland-lowland linkages

Erosion and sedimentation processes in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin in the context of highland-lowland linkages

Floods in Bangladesh: The human dimension

Synthesis

Annexes


June 2006


New Titles

Enhancing Participation and Governance in Water Resources ManagementConventional Approaches and Information Technology

EDITED BY LIBOR JANSKY AND JUHA I. UITTO

This book aims to further global understanding of approaches and techniques for applying public participation to improve water resources management.

Water resources management is the aggregate of policies and activities used to provide clean water to meet human needs across sectors and jurisdictions and to sustain the water-related ecological systems upon which we depend. Knowledge that is crucial for water management is distributed across governments, non-governmental organizations and the water users themselves. In most circumstances, water management aims to address the interests of and integrate usage across hydrologically meaningful units, such as watersheds. Some manage-ment aspects, however, such as transboundary fl ows across multiple basins and inter-basin water transfers via channels or virtual water, may necessitate a broader geographical scope. In this book, the authors identify successful mechanisms, approaches and practices for promoting public involvement in water resources management, including both conventional approaches and those based on information technology.

Contributors: Libor Jansky, Juha I. Uitto, Syafruddin Karimi, Anthony R. Turton, Anton Earle, Jessica Troell, Carl Bruch, Angela Cassar, Scott Schang, Hans van Ginkel, Brendan Barrett, Dann M. Sklarew, Srikantha Herath, Nguyen Hoa Binh, Venkatesh Raghavan, Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Nguyen Truong Xuan, Hoang Minh Hien, Kazimierz A. Salewicz, Alfred M. Duda, Prachoom Chomchai

Libor Jansky is Senior Academic Programme Offi cer in the Environment and Sustainable Development Programme at the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Juha I. Uitto is Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator at the United Nations Development Programme’s Global Environment Facility Unit, New York, USA.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Enhancing public participation and governance in water resources manage-ment

Public participation and water resources management: The case of West Sumatra

Public participation in the development of a management plan for an international river basin: The Okavango case

Transboundary environmental impact assessment as a tool for promoting public partici-pation in international watercourse management

The internet and the e-inclusion: Promoting online public participation

Promoting public participation in transboundary waters management: An agenda for peer-to-peer learning

Development of an information system for collecting fi eld information for environmental assessment

New Directions in development of decision support systems for water resources manage-ment

Improving public involvement and governance for transboundary water systems: Process tools used by the GEF

Public participation and governance: A Mekong River basin’s perspective

ISBN 92-808-1120-7240 pages; paper: $32.00 USNovember 2005


New Titles

Innovative CommunitiesPeople-centred Approaches to Environmental Management in the Asia-Pacifi c Region

EDITED BY JERRY VELASQUEZ, MAKIKO YASHIRO, SUSAN YOSHIMURA AND IZUMI ONO

This book introduces the concept of community innovation and illustrates its role and impact in promoting sustainability. It includes nine case studies from the Asia-Pacifi c region where communities are adopting innovative methods to address complex and unpredictable environmental problems and promote sustainable development. This often requires new cultures, institutions and governance structures, as well as dramatic changes in people’s perceptions, attitudes, roles and behaviours.

The authors examine environmental initiatives within the region, including natural re-source management, eco-tourism, forest management, solid waste management, and water management. The book offers a rich balance of perspectives from experts in community development, urban planning and local environmental management, as well as community leaders, local government offi cials, journalists, non-governmental organization representa-tives and academics. It provides theoretical and practical insights for communities and those who provide support to communities at the local, regional and global levels of governance.

Contributors: Diane Warburton, Susan Yoshimura, Charles Landry, Nathaniel von Einsiedel, Luc Bellon, J Marc Foggin, Walter Jamieson, Pawinee Sunalai, Sundjaya, Victor B. Asio, Marlito Jose M. Bande, Teruhiko Yoshimura, Rika Kato, Andrew C. Francombe, Francis E. Gentoral, Evan Anthony Arias, Amit Chanan, Darryl Romesh D’Monte, Jerry Velasquez, Makiko Yashiro, Izumi Ono

Jerry Velasquez is a Programme Specialist at the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. Makiko Yashiro is a Research Associate at UNU Global Environment Information Centre. Susan Yoshimura is a Researcher in leadership and environmental governance, and a former campaigner at Greenpeace Japan. Izumi Ono is a Programme Associate at UNU Global Environment Information Centre.

Table of Contents:

Introduction and overview

Local to global connections: Community involvement and sustainability

Being innovative, against the odds

Mainstreaming innovative approaches to sustainable urban environmental management in Asia

From hunting to sustainable use: A Pashtun tribal group’s innovations, northern Balochistan, Pakistan

Highland encounters: Building new partnerships for conservation and sustainable devel-opment in the Yangtze River headwaters, the heart of the Tibetan plateau

Sustainable tourism planning and management in Klong Khwang, Thailand

Mangrove conservation through ecotourism development by the Bobongko people in the Togean Islands, Indonesia

Innovative community-led sustainable forest resource conservation and management in

Waste management activities in Nagoya City, Japan: Local government and community partnerships

People, partnership and profi ts in managing solid waste in Guimaras, the Philippines

Integrated catchment management in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Basin, Australia

Making a difference in Rajasthan, India

Conclusion: Critical elements for achieving community innovation


November 2005

New Titles

Spatial Disparities in Human DevelopmentPerspectives from Asia

EDITED BY RAVI KANBUR, ANTHONY J. VENABLES AND GUANGHUA WAN

Spatial disparities are a measure of the unequal distribution of income, wealth, power and resources between peoples in different locations. As a dimension of overall inequality, spatial disparities have added signifi cance when combined with regional divisions and political and ethnic tensions that can undermine social and political stability. The accurate measure-ment of spatial disparities and the analysis of their causes and consequences are therefore of particular importance.

This book focuses on issues of poverty and inequality that are directly related to the Millennium Development Goals. It addresses a wide range of issues including confl ict-in-equality, inter-linkages, poverty mapping, and the causes and consequences of inequality. It applies the latest research techniques such as regression-based decomposition, poverty decomposition and computable general equilibrium models.

The authors examine spatial disparities in countries and regions that are attracting consid-erable professional and political attention, such as China, Russia and Central Asian countries.

Containing theoretical and empirical contributions by some of the most prominent econo-mists in the area of inequality and development studies, this book will be of interests to economists, sociologists and policymakers in Asia and elsewhere.

Contributors: Kathryn H. Anderson, Arsenio M. Balisacan, Bob Baulch, Sanjoy Chakravorty, Shatakshee Dhongde, Tomoki Fujii, Nobuhiko Fuwa, Scott Gates, Henning Tarp Jensen, Ravi Kanbur, John Knight, Stanislav Kolenikov, Somik Lall, Nicholas Minot, S. Mansoob Murshed, Richard Pomfret, Zhao Renwei, Li Shi, Anthony Shorrocks, Finn Tarp, Anthony J. Venables, Guanghua Wan, Xiaobo Zhang, Zhangyue Zhou

Ravi Kanbur is the T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs and Professor of Economics at Cornell University USA. Anthony J. Venables is Chief Economist in the UK Department for International Development (DFID), and Professor of International Economics at the London School of Economics, UK. Guanghua Wan is a Senior Research Fellow and Project Director at UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland.

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Spatial disparities in human development: An overview of the Asian evidence

Poverty mapping with aggregate census data: What is the loss in precision?

A decomposition analysis of regional poverty in Russia

Trade liberalization and spatial inequality: A methodological innovation in Vietnamese perspective

Fifty years of regional inequality in China: A journey through central planning, reform, and openness

Income inequality in rural China: Regression-based decomposition using household data

Divergent means and convergent inequality of incomes among the provinces and cities of urban China

Industrial location and spatial inequality: Theory and evidence from India

Spatial horizontal inequality and the Maoist insurgency in Nepal

Changes in spatial income inequality in the Philippines: An exploratory analysis

Spatial inequality and development in central Asia

Decomposing spatial differences in poverty in India

Commune-level estimation of poverty measures and its application to Cambodia

ISBN 92-808-1122-3350 pages; paper: $35.00 USDecember 2005


ISBN 92-808-1124-X330 pages; paper: $38.00 US

June 2006

Sustainable CitiesJapanese Perspectives on Physical and Social Structures

EDITED BY HIDENORI TAMAGAWA

Developing countries are rapidly urbanizing and most of the world’s population will soon be living in cities, making it crucial to examine how cities can be developed on a sustainable basis.

Japan is one of the most urbanized countries in the world and offers a remarkable series of lessons for sustainable urban planning. This book draws together experts from engineering, humanities, social sciences and mental health to introduce Japanese experiences and com-pare them with international research.

Rapid urbanization has damaged natural and human systems in Japan and many planners are seizing upon new technologies and scientifi c methods as opportunities to restructure cities. However, others are focusing on the well-being of citizens and seeking to make urban society more sustainable. This book examines the tensions between sociological and techno-logical approaches and the dichotomy between planning professionals and civil society.

The authors believe that the urban problems now confronting Japan and its people are not unique to the country and will emerge when any country reaches a certain level of develop-ment. They draw upon the experiences of Japan as a result of rapid economic and urban growth to provide insights for urban researchers and practitioners worldwide, particularly within the developing world, in order to encourage international comparative research.

Contributors: Peter J. Marcotullio, Yoshitsugu Aoki, Makoto Maruyama, Tokue Shibata, Takashi Kawanaka, Kiyoshi Takami, Hidenori Tamagawa, Nobuhiro Ehara, Junko Ueno, Masahisa Sonobe, Yoko Shimizu, Osamu Soda

Hidenori Tamagawa is Professor of the Graduate School of Urban Science at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan.

Table of Contents:

Comparison of urban environmental transitions in North America and Pacifi c Asia

Formulating sustainable systems

Sustainable Economies and Urban Sustainability

Land, waste and pollution: Challenging history in creating a sustainable Tokyo metropolis

Building/city patterns and energy

Car use and sustainability: Refl ection on retail development control systems

Population stability in urban areas

Urban sustainability: A case study of environmental movements in Kamakura

Housing complex replacement and “mental” sustainability

Sustainable community development: A strategy for a smart community

New Titles



SubjectPeace and Governance

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Making States WorkState Failure and the Crisis of Governance

EDITED BY SIMON CHESTERMAN, MICHAEL IGNATIEFF AND RAMESH THAKUR

In the wealth of literature on state failure, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the question of what constitutes state success and what enables a state to succeed. This book is a joint project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University and examines the strategies and tactics of international actors, local political elites, and civil society groups to build or rebuild public institutions before they reach the point of failure: to make the state work.

It is frequently assumed that the collapse of state structures, whether through defeat by an exter-nal power or as a result of internal chaos, leads to a vacuum of political power. This is rarely the

case. The mechanisms through which political power are exercised may be less formalized or consistent, but basic questions of how best to ensure the physical and economic security of oneself and one’s dependants do not simply disappear when the institutions of the state break down. Non-state actors in such situations may exercise varying degrees of political power over local populations, at times providing basic social services from education to medical care. Even where non-state actors exist as parasites on local populations, political life goes on.

How to engage in such an environment is a particular problem for policy-makers in inter-governmental organizations and donor governments. But it poses far greater diffi culties for the embattled state institutions and the populations of such territories. Making States Work examines how these various actors have responded to crises in the legitimacy and viability of state institutions, with a particular emphasis on those situations in which the state has been salvaged or at least kept afl oat.

Contributors: Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, Ramesh Thakur, Sebastian von Einsiedel, James Mayall, Barnett R. Rubin, Andrea Armstrong, Monica Serrano, Paul Kenny, Benjamin Reilly, Elsina Wainwright, Samina Ahmed, Hazel Smith, Amin Saikal, Michel Cahen, Abelardo Morales-Gamboa, Stephen Baranyi, Patricia Shu Ming Tan, Simon S.C. Tay, William Zartman, Thomas G. Weiss, Peter J. Hoffman, Alex Boraine

Simon Chesterman is Executive Director of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law, USA. Michael Ignatieff is Carr Professor of Human Rights Practise at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the Director of the Carr Center of Human Rights Policy, USA. Ramesh Thakur is the Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations).


Tests of Global GovernanceCanadian Diplomacy and United Nations World Conferences

ANDREW F. COOPER

“Cooper makes a compelling case for his own version of a new diplomacy, one that involves many different actors in non-tra-ditional settings such as UN conferences. Although Cooper is unsparing in his analy-sis of the limits of these new trends, he also gives us reason to hope that the new diplomacy can be a bridge between a terri-torially defi ned, state-centred Westphalian world and the varied, plural, multi-layered world of global governance.”

—Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

“This is an important book for anyone interested in international public policy. It gives a very clear picture of the workings of the ‘actually-existing’ legislative process of global governance (problem-specifi c, global conferences) and the central, per-haps essential, role of ‘middle powers’ and Canada in particular.” —Craig N. Murphy, M. Margaret Ball Professor of International Relations, Wellesley College, USA

Andrew F. Cooper is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada.



South Asia in the WorldProblem Solving Perspectives on Security, Sustainable Development, and Good Governance

EDITED BY RAMESH THAKUR AND ODDNY WIGGEN

South Asia in the World develops the dia-logue between academics and practitioners from a deeply divided region. In it they explore the potential for improvement in domestic and international efforts to al-leviate the problems of South Asia and the role that the UN can play in this respect.

“The book makes a strong and compelling case why this region deserves serious at-tention by analysts and policymakers con-cerned with issues of global security. The world needs the infusion of ideas, energy and political weight that South Asians can bring to creating a more stable, equitable, sustainable world.” —From the Foreword by Lloyd Axworthy

Ramesh Thakur is the Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations).Oddny Wiggen is a former Academic Programme Associate in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, Tokyo.


Broadening Asia’s Security Discourse and AgendaPolitical, Social, and Environmental Perspectives

EDITED BY RAMESH THAKUR AND EDWARD NEWMAN

Going beyond military threats and state-centric analysis, this volume demonstrates the importance of a broad security agenda that incorporates political, economic, social, and environmental dimensions as well as the many linkages between them.

“These essays explore in depth the security issues that will be critical in the decades ahead. It no longer suffi ces to talk about security solely in its traditional form. The pioneering research provided here will be invaluable to all students seeking to probe the nature of contemporary Asia.”

—Robert A. Scalapino, Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Ramesh Thakur is the Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations). Edward Newman is an Academic Programme Offi cer of the United Nations University, Tokyo .

ISBN 92-808-1094-4372pages; paper: $43.00 US

Asia’s Emerging Regional OrderReconciling Traditional and Human Security

EDITED BY WILLIAM T. TOW, RAMESH THAKUR AND IN-TAEK HYUN

In this volume the authors offer several proposals for integrating traditional and human security approaches, including supplementing the ASEAN Regional Forum with a more ‘Asia-centric’ security dialogue structure, developing groups of experts or ‘epistemic communities’ that could more readily infl uence policy-mak-ing elites in the region, and linking grass-roots environmental groups, anti-nuclear groups, and others to fi rst and second track fora invested with identifying new regional security approaches.

William T. Tow is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Queensland’s Department of Government, Brisbane. Ramesh Thakur is Professor and Vice Rector at the United Nations University, Tokyo (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations). In-Taek Hyun is Associate Professor of Political Science at Korea University, Seoul.

ISBN 92-808-1046-4352 pages; paper: $29.95 USUNU Series on Foundations of Peace

Peace and Governance



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International Commissions and the Power of Ideas

EDITED BY RAMESH THAKUR, ANDREW F. COOPER AND JOHN ENGLISH

How are good ideas for enhancing global governance converted into policy initiatives and international institutions? One major route has been via international commissions. The names of many are well known: Brandt, Palme, Brundtland, Kosovo, the Commission on Global Governance, and the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. Yet, as an expression of the power of ideas, in the search for a better world, they remain under-analyzed.

International Commissions and the Power of Ideas situates the Commissions as an inter-connected process shaping the mind—and the architec-tural body—of global governance. The infl uence

of these Commissions has been varied, and these differences make this book particularly relevant. The character and record, and style and substance of a wide variety of International Commissions receive detailed analysis on an individual basis, while the generalized context and impact of International Commissions receives rich comparative appreciation.

“This is the fi rst volume that really focuses on the nature and impacts of the international commissions. It addresses the rationales and impacts of a very interesting and important de-velopment in international politics, and that is the creation of international commissions of experts and politically notable fi gures to try to break logjams in thinking with regard to major policy issues. The infl uence of the commissions has been quite varied, and it is precisely because of these differences that this book is a very valuable volume for government and international organization offi cials as well as academic scholars. This book is likely to stand as the most signifi cant study of international commissions for some time.” —Mark W. Zacher, Centre of International Relations, University of British Columbia Liu Institute, Canada

Contributors: Andrew F. Cooper, John English, Jean-Phillipe Thérien, Geoffrey Wiseman, Heather A. Smith, W. Andy Knight, Marianne Hanson, Sanjeev Khagram, Richard J. Goldstone, Nicole Fritz, Ramesh Thakur, Jennifer Welsh, Carolin Thielking, S. Neil MacFarlane, Jorge Heine, Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, Jon Pederse, Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala, Edward C. Luck

Ramesh Thakur is the Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations). Andrew F. Cooper is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, and Associate Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada. John English is Executive Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada.



Enhancing Global GovernanceTowards a New Diplomacy?

EDITED BY ANDREW F. COOPER, JOHN ENGLISH AND RAMESH THAKUR

“A path breaking exploration of the chang-ing character of international politics. It addresses the main facets of this emergent reality with sophistication, clarity, social scientifi c awareness, and a good balance between grasping the constraints of the old order and identifying the promise of the new possibilities.” —Richard Falk, Center of International Studies, Princeton University

Contributors: Maxwell Cameron, Alistair Edgar, Virginia Haufl er, Brian Hocking, Dominic Kelly, Andy Knight, Mark Malan, William Maley, David Malone, Philip Nel, Iver Neumann, Kim Richard Nossal, James Reed, Deidre van der Merwe

Andrew F. Cooper is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and Associate Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada. John English is Executive Director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada. Ramesh Thakur is Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (Assistant Secretary General, United Nations), Tokyo.

ISBN 92-808-1074-X 320 pages; paper: $31.95 USUNU Series on Foundations of Peace


Peacekeepers, Politicians, and WarlordsThe Liberian Peace Process

ABIODUN ALAO, JOHN MACKINLAY AND ‘FUNMI OLONISAKIN

In Peacekeepers, Politicians, and Warlords, the authors set out to record the environment of the Cotonou Agreement by interview-ing offi cials in situ while the recent past and ongoing events were still fresh in their minds. They also visited Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire to capture the Liberian politics of the fi rst Abuja Accord. The result is an original account of the entire peace process in Liberia that penetrates the roles of the peacekeepers, the warlords and the politicians who were the key actors in this narrative.

Abiodun Alao is at the African Security Unit at the Centre for Defence Studies, King’s College London. John Mackinlay is a Senior Research Associate of the Centre for Defence Studies, and a principle lectur-er at the new UK Joint Services Command and Staff College. ‘Funmi Olonisakin is a MacArthur Foundation Research Associate with the Department of War Studies and a Research Associate at the Centre for Defence Studies.


Researching Violently Divided SocietiesEthical and Methodological Issues

EDITED BY MARIE SMYTH AND GILLIAN ROBINSON

This book, produced as a result of an inter-national collaboration between researchers in Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Northern Ireland and elsewhere, aims to: • Provide a guide to the issues faced by

researchers working in violently divided contexts.

• Document the insights and practice wisdom of researchers operating in such contexts.

• Afford access to the lived experience of those researchers and the ethical and meth-odological challenges which face them.

• Present accounts and analyses which illus-trate a wide range of diverse experiences and perspectives on the experience of do-ing research in violently divided societies.

• Explore the involvement of the research-ers with the research material and the impact of doing the research on them.

The authors cover a range of ethical and methodological issues. The specifi c de-mands of conducting research in war torn and divided societies have stimulated the contributors to analyse and critique issues such as the contribution of research to society, the benefi t of research to respon-dents, and issues of objectivity – issues of concern to all researchers. In the often stark circumstances in which the contribu-tors work, these issues take on an urgency and clarity that can potentially illuminate research practice generally.

Marie Smyth is a Research Fellow at INCORE, the Initiative on Confl ict Resolution and Ethnicity, University of Ulster and the United Nations University. Gillian Robinson is INCORE Director and ARK Director at the University of Ulster Northern Ireland.


Refugees and Forced DisplacementInternational Security, Human Vulnerability, and the State

EDITED BY EDWARD NEWMAN AND JOANNE VAN SELM

“For too long the study of refugee issues has been seen as an isolated and often secondary challenge. It should now be analyzed within a much broader context with the needs and rights of people at the centre, rather than on the periphery. This book represents a substantial input into this developing debate.” —From the foreword by Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1991–2000.

Edward Newman is an Academic Programme Offi cer in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, Tokyo. Joanne van Selm is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute and a Lecturer in political science at the University of Amsterdam.





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The UN Role in Promoting DemocracyBetween Ideals and Reality

EDITED BY EDWARD NEWMAN AND ROLAND RICH

The notion of democracy is a key principle of the United Nations and underpins much of its work. Almost a third of the members of the United Nations have requested its assistance in conduct-ing elections. The UN is supporting a new wave of democracy, although not without diffi culty in places such as East Timor, Afghanistan, Cambodia and Kosovo. The role of the UN in the promotion of democracy is signifi cant but also sometimes problematic.

This book considers and questions the modali-ties, effectiveness and controversies of the UN’s work in promoting and assisting democracy.

It examines if the UN can help to build the foundations of democracy and whether, as an ‘external’ actor, it can have a substantive positive impact upon the development of democratic governance inside societies.

Drawing upon discourse in political science and international relations, The UN Role in Promoting Democracy explores how the normative ideals of democracy interact with the realities of power in the international arena and in the societies in which the UN works. In so doing, this volume provides a timely analysis of the prospects and limitations of the UN’s work in this area, and of the broader fi eld of democracy promotion.

Contributors: Simon Chesterman, Tom J. Farer, Tanja Hohe, Ylber Hysa, Robin Ludwig, Henning Melber, Edward Newman, Sorpong Peou, Benjamin Reilly, Roland Rich, Amin Saikal, Laurence Whitehead

Edward Newman is an Academic Programme Offi cer in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, Tokyo. Roland Rich is the Director of the Centre for Democratic Institutions at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.


Democratization in the Middle EastExperiences, Struggles, Challenges

EDITED BY AMIN SAIKAL AND ALBRECHT SCHNABEL

Drawing on conceptual and country analyses, Democratization in the Middle East examines patterns of democratization; costs and benefi ts, barriers and support of democratization; the relationship between civil society and the state; internal and external factors of democratization; the relationship between Islam and Islamic movements and democratization; experi-ences of democratic transition processes and resulting national and regional peace dividends; and the interdependence of development, peace and democratization, and political and economic transition.

Contributors: Kamel S. Abu Jaber, Tom Najem, Amin Saikal, Albrecht Schnabel, Etel Solingen, Gerald Steinberg, Majid Tehranian, Mark Tessler

Amin Saikal is Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University, Canberra. Albrecht Schnabel is a Senior Research Fellow at swisspeace—Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern.

ISBN 92-808-1085-5224 pages; paper: $21.95 USUNU Series on the Changing Nature of Democracy

The Globalization of Human Rights

EDITED BY JEAN-MARC COICAUD, MICHAEL W. DOYLE AND ANNE-MARIE GARDNER

The Globalization of Human Rights examines the imperatives of justice at the national, regional, and international levels. It does this by analyzing civil and politi-cal, and economic and social rights. The end of the Cold War and the normative and political changes that have ensued at the international level in recent years have reinvigorated the critical importance of the international effort to determine human rights. This volume makes an important contribution to that discussion.

Jean-Marc Coicaud is Head of United Nations University Offi ce in New York. Michael W. Doyle was a special advisor to the executive offi ce of the Secretary-General at the United Nations, New York. Anne-Marie Gardner is a Ph.D. student in the Politics Department of Princeton University.

ISBN 92-808-1080-4220 pages; paper: $26.95 USThe United Nations System in the Twenty-fi rst Century

Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy

EDITED BY DAVID P. FORSYTHE

Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy is the fi rst book in English to examine the place of human rights in the foreign policies of a wide range of states during contemporary times. The book is also unique in utilizing a common frame-work of analysis for all 10 of the country or regional studies covered. This framework treats foreign policy as the result of a two-level game in which both domestic and for-eign factors have to be considered. Leading experts from around the world analyze both liberal democratic and other foreign policies on human rights. A general intro-duction and a systematic conclusion add to the coherence of the project.

David P. Forsythe is Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has served as a consultant to the International Red Cross, has worked with the United Nations University, and serves on the Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


Human Rights and Societies in TransitionCauses, Consequences, Responses

EDITED BY SHALE HOROWITZ AND ALBRECHT SCHNABEL

Human rights violations are often particu-larly severe in transition societies that are undergoing signifi cant political, social, and economic transformations. Improving hu-man rights practices in transition societies should therefore be a central goal for do-mestic reformers and the international com-munity alike. This makes sense not only because of the intrinsic value of improved human rights protection, but also because of the indirect effects that such improve-ments have on democratization, economic development, and confl ict resolution.

The book explores the contemporary international human rights regime, the fac-tors predominantly responsible for human rights violations in transition societies, long-term consequences of such violations, and political remedies.

Shale Horowitz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. Albrecht Schnabel is a senior re-search fellow at swisspeace–Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern, Switzerland.





From Civil Strife to Civil SocietyCivil and Military Responsibilities in Disrupted States

EDITED BY WILLIAM MALEY, CHARLES SAMPFORD AND RAMESH THAKUR

Whether as deliverers of humanitarian as-sistance or as agents of political, social, and civic reconstruction, the United Nations, the militaries of key member states and NGOs—have had to learn ways of interact-ing with each other in order to optimize the benefi ts for the populations they seek to assist. Yet the challenges have proved daunting. From Civil Strife to Civil Society explores the nature of these challenges.

Contributors: Amin Saikal, Paul F. Diehl, Thomas E. Seal, Frederick M. Burkle, Jr, Cees de Rover, Helen Durham, Reginald Austin, Mark Plunkett, Michael Kelly, Lorraine Elliot, Fiona Terry, Samuel M. Makinda, Adrien Whiddett, Martin P. Ganzglass

William Maley is Associate Professor of Politics, University College, University of New South Wales, Canberra. Charles Sampford is Foundation Professor of Law and Head of the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffi th University, Brisbane. Ramesh Thakur is Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University in Tokyo (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations).


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From Sovereign Impunity to International AccountabilityThe Search for Justice in a World of States

EDITED BY RAMESH THAKUR AND PETER MALCONTENT

“The last century has seen the role of law and jus-tice in governance extend beyond the realm of in-dividual nations. Its signifi cance, both regionally and globally, is illustrated by the developments made in international law, especially with regard to the recognition of international human rights, universal jurisdiction and additional interna-tional crimes. However, the signifi cant advances with regard to the international recognition of humanitarian law and the ending of impunity for war criminals stand in real danger of being reversed. . .” —From the Foreword by Justice Richard J. Goldstone

“One of the functions of criminal law is to serve as a collective memory of past injustice. A criminal trial brings past suffering into public knowledge. It may thus enable a victimized community to deal with trauma and, perhaps, to create the conditions of future social life. But recording past injustice and creating the conditions of national reconciliation are not always best realized through criminal law. Evidence available, even of massive violations, may not always fulfi ll the formal criteria for criminal accountability. The way from the opening of a mass grave to proving a political leader responsible is long and complex, and success is by no means ensured. In cases like this, a criminal trial may not always provide the best instru-ment for memory and healing—especially if the leader must be released because of the lack of formal evidence. On the other hand, if releasing the leader is excluded at the outset, then the legitimacy of the trial may be questioned. . . ” —From the Preface by Martti Ahtisaari

From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability confronts these and other challenges by exploring the changing political and human rights context that gave rise to the interna-tional norm of individual criminal accountability. It brings together a preeminent group of experts to explore the progress, scope and controversies of international accountability.

Contributors: Peter Malcontent, Paul G. Lauren, Michael D. Biddiss, David P. Forsythe, George J. Andreopoulos, Michail Wladimiroff, Christine Chinkin, Bert Swart, William A. Schabas, Helen Durham, Madeline H. Morris, Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, Geoffrey Robertson, Andrew Clapham, Julia Maxted, Cees Flinterman, Ramesh Thakur

Ramesh Thakur is Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University in Tokyo (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations). Peter Malcontent is a researcher and lecturer at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University.

ISBN 92-808-1100-2324 pages, paper: $33.00 US


Ethics and International AffairsExtent and Limits

EDITED BY JEAN-MARC COICAUD AND DANIEL WARNER

Ethics and International Affairs explores the extent and limits of contemporary international ethics and examines the ways in which the international community has responded to some of the most crucial challenges of the last ten years.

At the center of the book is a discussion of how responsibility is viewed at individual, national, and international levels when fac-ing the pressing problems of human rights, humanitarian intervention, environmental issues, considerations of gender, interna-tional economic justice, matters of war and peace, and the plight of refugees. While some authors revisit the very conception and interpretation of international ethics, others focus on the necessity to push for the better implementation and improve-ment of existing international norms.

Jean-Marc Coicaud is Head of United Nations University Offi ce in New York. Daniel Warner is Deputy to the Director for External Relations and Special Programs at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.


Power in TransitionThe Peaceful Change of International Order

CHARLES A. KUPCHAN, EMANUEL ADLER, JEAN-MARC COICAUD AND YUEN FOONG KHONG

Recipient of the American Library Association’s Prestigious Library Journal Notable Government Documents Award 2001

Power in Transition addresses the ques-tion of how to prepare for the waning of American hegemony and the resultant geo-political consequences. Can the impending transition to multipolarity be managed peacefully? Is systemic change possible without war? Under what conditions and through what causal mechanisms can power transitions occur peacefully?

Charles A. Kupchan is Associate Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Emanuel Adler is Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jean-Marc Coicaud is Head of United Nations University Offi ce in New York. Yuen Foong Khong is a Fellow of Nuffi eld College, Oxford University.


The Legitimacy of International Organizations

EDITED BY JEAN-MARC COICAUD AND VEIJO HEISKANEN

The end of the Cold War is only one in a series of events that have radically modifi ed the operational environment of interna-tional organizations since their establish-ment. These changes, many of which have lately been discussed under the term “globalization,” include: decolonization; growing awareness of the global nature of many economic, environmental, and public health problems; multiplication of non-governmental organizations; globaliza-tion of mass media and the market; rapid developments in the fi eld of biotechnology; and the emergence of new information technologies, particularly the Internet. These developments suggest that the time has come to take a fresh look at the philoso-phy of international organization.

Jean-Marc Coicaud is Head of United Nations University Offi ce in New York. Veijo Heiskanen is Director of the Institute of International Economic Law, University of Helsinki, Finland.





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Building Sustainable Peace

EDITED BY TOM KEATING AND W. ANDY KNIGHT

As the world turns its attention to the reconstruc-tion of Afghanistan and Iraq following recent confl icts in these countries, the issue of post-con-fl ict peacebuilding takes center stage.

The precise elements in peacebuilding, as envi-sioned by Boutros-Ghali, include disarming war-ring parties, restoring order, decommissioning and destroying weapons, repatriating refugees, providing advisory and training support for secu-rity personnel, monitoring elections, de-mining and other forms of demilitarization, providing technical assistance, advancing efforts to protect human rights, reforming and strengthening in-stitutions of governance-including assistance in monitoring and supervising electoral processes-

and promoting formal and informal participation in the political process.

Building Sustainable Peace presents a timely and original overview of the fi eld of peace stud-ies and offers fresh analytical tools that promote a critical reconceptualization of peace and confl ict, while also making specifi c reference to peacebuilding strategies employed in recent international confl icts.

Contributors: Francis Kofi Abiew, Adekeye Adebajo, Howard Adelman, Christopher P. Ankersen, David Beer, Kenneth Bush, Jarat Chopra, Satya Brata Das, Jean Daudelin, Kassuge Bremariam, Tanja Hohe, Tom Keating, W. Andy Knight, Melissa Labonte, Carolyn Elizabeth Lloyd, Joseph Masciulli, Sumie Nakaya, Shaun Narine, Senator Douglas Roche

Tom Keating and W. Andy Knight are Professors of Political Science at the University of Alberta. W. Andy Knight is McCalla Research Professor and editor of Global Governance. Tom Keating is a former Chair of the Department of Political Science and author of Canada and World Order.


Confl ict PreventionPath to Peace or Grand Illusion?

EDITED BY DAVID CARMENT AND ALBRECHT SCHNABEL

This book addresses the question: What is successful confl ict prevention? The distinctive answers to this question refl ect an understanding of confl ict prevention that is both analytically rigorous and useful to practitioners. Confl ict prevention can be understood as an important but under-stated element of statecraft and coercive diplomacy, as the physical presence of a deterrent force, or as a rehabilitative ac-tion taken to prevent the re-emergence of violence.

Contributors: David Carment, Albrecht Schnabel, Bruce W. Jentleson, Raimo Väyrynen, Andrea Kathryn Talentino, David Last, John G. Cockell, Dane Rowlands, Troy Joseph, Simon Duke, Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Natalie Mychajlyszyn, Osvaldo Kreimer, Rasheed Draman

David Carment is Associate Professor in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs of Carleton University, Ottawa. Albrecht Schnabel is a Senior Research Fellow at swisspeace—Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern.

ISBN 92-808-1081-2, 308 pages, paper: $31.95 USUNU Series on Foundations of Peace


Global Governance and the United Nations System

EDITED BY VOLKER RITTBERGER

Global Governance and the United Nations System offers a wide-ranging analysis of changing world order at the beginning of the twenty-fi rst century. It examines the progression from international to global governance, focusing on the fundamen-tal change of actors, agendas, collective decision making, and the role of the United Nations system. Globalization does not only mean a change of relationship between governments and market forces. It also has important implications for the identities and activities of transnational social actors. International governance, the authors argue, faces three different challenges: the technological revolution; globalization; and the end of the Cold War, leading to jurisdictional, operational, incentive, and participatory gaps in gov-ernance which international governance systems cannot adequately cope with. Volker Rittberger is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Center for International Relations/Peace and Confl ict Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany.


Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian InterventionSelective Indignation, Collective Action, and International Citizenship

EDITED BY ALBRECHT SCHNABEL AND RAMESH THAKUR

Recipient of the American Library Association’s Prestigious Library Journal Notable Government Documents Award 2000

“This volume is an extraordinarily rich contribution to the necessary debate about the Kosovo War. I fi nd this book to be the most illuminating overall assessment of Kosovo that is currently available, and indispensable for anyone who wants to understand world order since the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

—Richard A. Falk Princeton University

“This volume represents what some of the best scholarship in international relations could offer.” —James T. H. Tang, University of Hong Kong

“The book will be the richest source of analyses of the various aspects of the war over Kosovo.” —Sverre Lodgaard, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs


States, Markets, and Just GrowthDevelopment in the Twenty-fi rst Century

EDITED BY ATUL KOHLI, CHUNG-IN MOON AND GEORG SØRENSEN

States, Markets, and Just Growth explores the common concerns of developing coun-tries in the quest for just growth, while also emphasizing special regional needs. The opening chapters provide a synthetic overview of the pressing shared impera-tives of globalization, democracy, poverty, and inequality. The chapters that follow analyze the record of different regions and countries in achieving just growth.

Atul Kohli is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Chung-in Moon is Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies and Professor of the Political Science Department at Yonsei University, Seoul. Georg Sørensen is Professor of International Politics and Economics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.





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Responsibility in World BusinessManaging Harmful Side-effects of Corporate Activity

EDITED BY LENE BOMANN-LARSEN AND ODDNY WIGGEN

How should companies deal with the harmful side-effects of their business operations? To what extent should they be held responsible for the wrongdoing of other actors? And how can they conduct business in a responsible manner in countries where human rights abuses are widespread, or where the environment is being degraded?

These are crucial issues within the current de-bate on corporate responsibility and they repre-sent the most substantial challenges confronting the business community today.

This book offers an approach to corporate deci-sion-making based on the principles of Just War Theory, primarily the Principle of Double Effect (PDE). The proposed normative framework can be used both as a tool for performance evaluation, and as a set of guidelines for conducting business in an ethically responsible manner.

Multiple case studies illustrate the usefulness of incorporating the Principle of Double Effect into corporate decision-making, and show how the proposed framework can help companies assume responsibility for the impact of their operations on multiple stakeholders.

Contributors: Oddny Wiggen, Lene Bomann-Larsen, Gregory Reichberg, Henrik Syse, G. J. (Deon) Rossouw, Andrew Clapham, Patricia H. Werhane, Robert E. Allinson, Ogbonna Ike, Florence J. A. Oloo, Upendra Baxi, Julita Sokolowska, Heidi von Weltzien Høivik, Cecilia Arruda, Chris Marsden

Lene Bomann-Larsen is a former Research Fellow at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, and currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo. Oddny Wiggen is a former Academic Programme Associate in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, Tokyo.



The Changing Nature of Democracy

EDITED BY TAKASHI INOGUCHI, EDWARD NEWMAN AND JOHN KEANE

The march of democratization is highly con-tested, and there is little consensus on what democracy is or should be. While the lead-ing international actors are pursuing a rigor-ous liberal agenda based upon the belief that democracy and market-oriented economics are conducive to a peaceful “international society,” many voices are resisting the model of democracy that this presumes.

Contributors: Daniele Archibugi, Jean Blondel, Bernard Crick, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Takshi Inoguchi, Elihu Katz, John Keane, Juan J. Linz, Ian Marsh, Edward Newman, Claus, Offe, Bruce Russett, Philippe C. Schmitter, Mihály Simai, Alfred Stepan, J. A. A. Stockwin

Takashi Inoguchi is a Political Science Pro-fessor at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Oriental Culture. Edward Newman is an Academic Programme Offi cer in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, Tokyo. John Keane is a Political Science Professor at the Univer-sity of Westminster in England.

ISBN 92-808-1005-7270 pages; paper: $30.00 USUNU Series on Changing Nature of Democracy


The Democratic Process and the MarketChallenges of the Transition

EDITED BY MIHÁLY SIMAI

This volume forms part of the United Nations’ study of the global democratic process and offers a specifi c contribution to the global dialogue on democracy in transition. Eminent specialists in the fi eld, many from the countries under discussion, provide a regional perspective on the inter-relation between political and economic change, and delineate the unprecedented challenges recent developments have pre-sented both to the states in transition and to the international community.

Mihály Simai is a Research Professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute for World Economics and a professor of International Economic and Business Studies at Budapest University of Economics.

ISBN 92-808-1026-X208 pages; paper: $19.95 USUNU Series on Changing Nature of Democracy

Democracy in Latin America(Re)Constructing Political Society

EDITED BY MANUEL ANTONIO GARRETÓN M. AND EDWARD NEWMAN

Democracy in Latin America examines democratic transition and consolidation in post-authoritarian and post-civil war Latin America. Its central premise is that the fundamental prerequisite of democ-racy is the existence of a polity or ‘political society’, something that has been weak or under threat.

“Acknowledged experts offer a signifi cant survey of the contemporary changes in political societies in Latin America. Democracy in Latin America is a work of high competence and serious concern that will be of interest to all those attempting to follow a rapidly changing fi eld.” —Professor Douglas A. Chalmers, Director, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University

Manuel Antonio Garretón M. is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chile. Edward Newman is an Academic Programme Offi cer of the Peace and Governance Programme at the United Nations University.


Democracy, Governance and Economic PerformanceEast and Southeast Asia

EDITED BY IAN MARSH, JEAN BLONDEL AND TAKASHI INOGUCHI

The states of East and Southeast Asia constitute a fertile setting for exploring the links between political and economic development—subjects usually considered in isolation.

Democratization occurred, or was consoli-dated, in a number of these states in the early 1990s, but irrespective of the level of democratization, economic performance has been a primary source of political legitimacy in all states in this study. Yet the levels of development vary markedly.

In evaluating democratic development, the study focuses particularly on the condition of parties and party systems.

Ian Marsh is Associate Professor at the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales. Jean Blondel is Professor of Political Science at the European University Institute, Florence. Takashi Inoguchi is a Political Science Professor at the Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo.




United Nations Peacekeeping OperationsAd Hoc Missions, Permanent Engagement

EDITED BY RAMESH THAKUR AND ALBRECHT SCHNABEL

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations refl ects some of the thinking, some of the experiences in the UN and in the fi eld, some of the frustra-tions, and some of the hopes of this past decade. It combines academic analysis, fi eld experience, and refl ection with forward-looking proposals (including the suggestions of, and responses to, the recent Brahimi Report) for more effective peace operations designed and deployed by the UN in partnership with regional, sub-regional, and local actors.

“The six generation model of peacekeeping of-fered by the editors is original and helpful, and

the focus on the need for prevention and the impact on peace-building—and not just the mechanics of peacekeeping operations—is particularly welcome. . . . The book would be a very useful teaching tool in international relations, strategic studies and peace and confl ict studies, with its clear and accessible writing style and forward-looking analyses.” —Wendy Lambourne (University of Sydney), Political Studies Review

Contributors: Yasushi Akashi, Vere Hayes, Margaret Karns, S. Neil MacFarlane, Roger Mac Ginty, John MacFarlane, Mark Malan, William Maley, Karen Mingst, Satish Nambiar, Michael O’Connor, Gillian Robinson, John Sanderson, Albrecht Schnabel, Hisako Shimura, Ramesh Thakur

Ramesh Thakur is Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University in Tokyo (Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations). Albrecht Schnabel is a Senior Research Fellow at swisspeace, Bern, and a Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland.


Regional PeacekeepersThe Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping

EDITED BY JOHN MACKINLAY AND PETER CROSS

In the 1990s, while the Soviet Union dis-integrated, Russia continued to maintain its longstanding obligations and strategic interests. Although no longer lawfully constituted to intervene directly in the confl icts that erupted in Georgia, Moldova, and Tajikistan, Russian forces neverthe-less infl uenced the conduct of the confl ict and, more overtly, the peace process that followed. Regional Peacekeepers investigates the Russian military presence in its former Soviet territory, to determine whether these forces have been genuinely peacekeep-ing or are in fact a post-imperial presence that seeks to maintain former strategic interests. The volume includes fi rst hand accounts of the CIS peacekeeping efforts in South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Moldova, and Tajikistan.

John Mackinlay is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies and Senior Lecturer of the War Studies Department, Kings College London. Peter Cross is Project Co-ordinator at Saferworld, a London-based foreign affairs think-tank.



AgrodiversityLearning From Farmers Across the World

EDITED BY HAROLD BROOKFIELD, HELEN PARSONS, AND MURIEL BROOKFIELD

Through generations of innovation and experiment, smallholder farmers have nurtured a rich diversity of plants and animals, both wild and domesticated. Most academic literature emphasizes the ac-celerated loss of biodiversity, but this book describes how large numbers of small-holder farmers are conserving biodiversity in their farmland and surrounds.

“This book is an optimistic step forward for it reaffi rms the faith in eco-friendly farming practiced by thousands of small farmers all over the world” —Terra Green.

Harold Brookfi eld is Professor-emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacifi c and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Helen Parsons is joint editor of the scientifi c-in-formation listserv (PLECserv) and of PLEC News and Views. Muriel Brookfi eld is now engaged in ornithological and environ-mental research.

ISBN: 92-808-1087-1300 pages; paper: $32.00 US

Managing Agrodiversity the Traditional WayLessons from West Africa in Sustainable Use of Biodiversity and Related Natural Resources

EDITED BY EDWIN A. GYASI, GORDANA KRANJAC-BERISAVLJEVIC, ESSIE T. BLAY AND WILLIAM ODURO

This book shows how, traditionally, farmers cultivate and conserve biodiversity while, at the same time, using the land for food pro-duction. The book would appeal to policy makers and practitioners, and to university students and teachers.

Edwin A. Gyasi is a Professor of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. Gordana Kranjac- Berisavljevic is Head, Department of Agricultural Mechanization and Irrigation Technology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. Essie T. Blay is an Associate Professor, Department of Crop Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. William Oduro is Director, Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.


Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa

EDITED BY FIDELIS KAIHURA AND MICHAEL STOCKING

This book documents how the small-holder farmers of East Africa—in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda—are playing their part in the global agenda for the conserva-tion, sustainable use and the equitable sharing of the benefi ts of biodiversity.

It draws on lessons learned from farmers, researchers, extension staff, policy-makers and aid agencies co-operating and actively supporting PLEC demonstration sites in East Africa. It shows the very real potential of learning from farmers and basing policy on tried and tested ways of managing com-plex agricultural systems.

Fidelis Kaihura is Senior Agricultural Research Offi cer in Natural Resources Management at Lake Zone Agricultural Research and Development Institute at Ukiriguru, Mwanza, Tanzania. Michael Stocking is Professor of Natural Resource Development and Dean of the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.


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Environment

Reforming International Environmental GovernanceFrom Institutional Limits to Innovative Reforms

EDITED BY W. BRADNEE CHAMBERS AND JESSICA F. GREEN

More than 500 international agreements and institutions now infl uence the governance of environmental problems ranging from climate change to persistent organic pollutants. The establishment of environmental institutions has been largely ad hoc, diffused, and somewhat chaotic because the international community has addressed key environmental challenges as and when they have arisen. The World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 underscored the need to reform the cur-rent institutional framework for environmental

governance, but failed to come up with any substantive recommendations.

This book takes up the question left unanswered at Johannesburg: what international institutional framework would best promote the protection of the global environment? The contributors take a systematic approach to formulating proposals for institutional changes in international environmental governance and examine three potential models: enforcement, centralisation, and co-operation through increased co-ordination and collaboration. They re-view alternative institutional arrangements to address identifi ed weaknesses, they elaborate upon specifi c reform proposals generated through recent policy debates, and they evaluate the potential of each proposal to remedy current weaknesses within the international envi-ronmental governance system.

Reforming International Environmental Governance provides useful information about the costs and benefi ts of different models and approaches to reforming international environ-mental governance and contributes substantive analysis to future debates.

Contributors: W. Bradnee Chambers, Jessica F. Green, Steve Charnovitz, Sebastian Oberthuer, Richard Tarasofsky, Gary P. Sampson, Joost Pauwelyn, Catherine Redgewell, Lorraine Elliot

W. Bradnee Chambers is a Senior Programme Offi cer at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan. Jessica F. Green is a Research Associate at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan.


Emerging Forces in Environmental Governance

EDITED BY NORICHIKA KANIE AND PETER M. HAAS

“. . . captures the complexity of the interna-tional system, links the domestic, regional and global levels, and showcases the many actors besides States who determine whether development is environmentally sound.”

—Edith Brown Weiss, Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Contributors: Norichika Kanie, Peter M. Haas, Laura B. Campbell, Dana R. Fisher, Harris Gleckman, Toru Iwama, Yasuko Kameyama, Satoko Mori, Craig N. Murphy, Jonathan R. Strand, Mikoto Usui, Jacob Werksman

Norichika Kanie is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Peter M. Haas is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.


Environment

International Waters in Southern Africa

EDITED BY MIKIYASU NAKAYAMA

Mikiyasu Nakayama was involved in the establishment of a basin-wide manage-ment scheme for the Zambezi river system. Political complexities led to many diffi culties in the development of the action plan. In the region’s new political setting, all countries can now participate in discussions on an equal footing. This change may be interpreted as an oppor-tunity for greater participation, or as the dangerous empowerment of self interest. International Waters in Southern Africa examines both the risks and opportunities for water management in this new political environment.

Mikiyasu Nakayama is a Professor at the Institute of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan.

ISBN 92-808-1077-4, 316 pages; paper: $21.95 USUNU Series on Water Resources Management and Policy

Water Management in Islam

EDITED BY NASER FARUQUI, ASIT K. BISWAS AND MURAD BINO

Water Management in Islam will interest researchers, scholars, and students in natural resource management, Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies, develop-ment studies, and public policy. It will also be of interest to professionals, including policy makers in donor organizations, development organizations, NGO’s and government departments and agencies, both North and South, working in the area of water management.

Naser I. Faruqui is a Senior Program Specialist with the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. Asit K. Biswas is President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico City, Mexico. Murad J. Bino is the Executive Director of the Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management (INWRDAM), Amman, Jordan.

ISBN 92-808-1036-7176 pages; paper: $19.95 USUNU Series on Water Resources Management and Policy

Transboundary Freshwater Dispute ResolutionTheory, Practice, and Annotated References

HEATHER L. BEACH, JESSE HAMNER, J. JOSEPH HEWITT, EDY KAUFMAN, ANJA KURKI, JOE A. OPPENHEIMER AND AARON T. WOLF

Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Resolution provides a comprehensive review of the relevant literature on managing confl icts stemming from the quantity and quality problems of water around the world.

Heather L. Beach is an Independent Research Consultant. Jesse Hamner is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. J. Joseph Hewitt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Missouri—Columbia. Edy Kaufman is Senior Research Associate, Center for International Development and Confl ict Management, University of Maryland—College Park. Anja Kurki is a Research Assistant in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. Joe A. Oppenheimer is a Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. Aaron T. Wolf is an Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University.




Recently Published

Public Participation in the Governance of International Freshwater Resources

EDITED BY CARL BRUCH, LIBOR JANSKY, MIKIYASU NAKAYAMA AND KAZIMIERZ A. SALEWICZ

Over the coming decade, governments through-out the world will struggle to manage water in ways that are effi cient, equitable and environ-mentally sound. Whether these efforts succeed may turn, in large part, on providing the public with a voice in watershed management decisions that directly affect them. Public involvement holds the promise of improving the manage-ment of international watercourses and reducing the potential for confl ict over water issues.

This volume examines the experiences in many watercourses around the world, lessons learned and areas for further development. Drawing upon papers presented at a symposium on

“Improving Public Participation and Governance in International Watershed Management” co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute, United Nations University, and other insti-tutions, the chapters identify innovative approaches, as well as some of the considerations—linguistic, political, legal, traditional and cultural, geographic and institutional—that should be considered when extending and adapting the approaches to other watersheds.

Contributors: Carl Bruch, Libor Jansky, Mikiyasu Nakayama, Kazimierz A. Salewicz, Angela Z. Cassar, Bradley C. Karkkainen, Hans van Ginkel, Ruth Greenspan Bell, John Jackson, Prachoom Chomchai, Michael Kidd, Nevil Quinn, Peter Ashton, Marian Neal, Charles E. Di Leva, Aboubacar Fall, Geoffrey Garver, Nancy Gitonga, Roy A. Hoagland, Rebecca Hanmer, Tomlinson Fort III, John M. Volkman, Mary Orton, George Michael Sikoyo, Juan Miguel Picolotti, Kristin L. Crane

Carl Bruch is a Senior Attorney of the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C., USA. Libor Jansky is a Senior Academic Programme Offi cer in the Environment and Sustainable Development Programme at the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Mikiyasu Nakayama is a Professor at the Institute of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan. Kazimierz A. Salewicz is a Systems Analyst specializing in Decision Support Systems and water resources management in international river basins and is based in Vienna, Austria.


The DanubeEnvironmental Monitoring of an International River

LIBOR JANSKY, MASAHIRO MURAKAMI, AND NEVELINA I. PACHOVA

This book focuses on the disputed Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project on the Danube between Hungary and the Slovak Republic. It examines the history and progress of the case from the International Court of Justice to the subsequent agree-ment to joint monitoring and assessment of the environmental implications. It uses a multidisciplinary methodology combining approaches derived from natural resources management, geography, international rela-tions, political science, and international law.

Libor Jansky is Senior Academic Programme Offi cer, Environment and Sustainable Development, at United Nations University, Tokyo. Masahiro Murakami is Professor of International Development at the Department of Infrastructure Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, Japan. Nevelina I. Pachova is a Research Assistant in the United Nations University Environment and Sustainable Development Programme.


Environment

La Niña and Its ImpactsFacts and Speculation

EDITED BY MICHAEL H. GLANTZ

La Niña and Its Impacts is based on a meeting of researchers, forecasters, and users of La Niña forecasts, held at the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. La Niña, the result of air-sea interaction, can briefl y be described as the appearance of cold surface water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacifi c Ocean. While people around the globe have become familiar with El Niño and its impacts, its counterpart, La Niña, is not so well known.

Researchers at this La Niña Summit indicated that for many societies La Niña events can be as devastating as those of El Niño.

Michael H. Glantz is a Senior Scientist in the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG), a program at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.


Human Development and the EnvironmentChallenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium

EDITED BY HANS VAN GINKEL, BRENDAN BARRETT, JULIUS COURT AND JERRY VELASQUEZ

This book looks at the problems, process-es, and actors that constitute the milieu for human development and the environment in the new millennium. It charts some of the major trends affecting human develop-ment: globalization; population; urbaniza-tion; poverty; equity; education; health; cli-mate change; biodiversity; desertifi cation; international cooperation and institutions. The book contends that it is unacceptable for over a billion people to be still living in abject poverty and without the means to an adequate livelihood.

Hans van Ginkel is Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo. Brendan Barrett is an Academic Programme Offi cer at the United Nations University, Tokyo. Julius Court is a Senior Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, London, UK. Jerry Velasquez is an Academic Programme Offi cer at UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya.


Inter-linkagesThe Kyoto Protocol and the International Trade and Investment Regimes

EDITED BY W. BRADNEE CHAMBERS

In 1997 delegates to the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), agreed by consensus to adopt the Kyoto Protocol under which industrialized countries would reduce their combined greenhouse gas emissions by an average 5.2% from their 1992 levels. To have any hope of achieving these emission reductions and averting global climate ca-tastrophe will require a fundamental shift in the way in which energy is produced and the way it is used. This factor, in itself, is enough to catapult the Protocol out of the purely environmental realm and into the domain of global economics.

W. Bradnee Chambers is a Senior Programme Offi cer at the Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Yokohama.

ISBN 92-808-1040-5300 pages; paper: $19.95 USUNU Policy Perspectives

Environment



Environment

Recently Published

Transformation of Cities in Central and Eastern EuropeTowards Globalization

EDITED BY F. E. IAN HAMILTON, KALIOPA DIMITROVSKA ANDREWS AND NATASA PICHLER-MILANOVIC

This volume is one in a series initiated by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies on the inter-relationship between glo-balisation and urban transformation. It identifi es and describes the inter- and intra-urban transfor-mations of Central and Eastern European cities and considers their pre-1945 historic legacies, the socialist period, and their contemporary transition towards market oriented and demo-cratic systems. The dramatic changes since 1989 including the collapse of Communist ideology, the break-up of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the end of the Cold War and the

impact of globalisation and European integration, have reconfi gured this region and affected their re-integration into European and global networks.

This book fi rst examines the similarities and differences between signifi cant Central and Eastern European cities, comparing the differing patterns of historical context and socialist legacies before 1990, and the impacts of internal and external forces on re-shaping these cit-ies and their paths of transformation since 1990. It also examines the role of contemporary planning within the overall development of Central and Eastern European cities.

The conclusion demonstrates the similarities and differences between Central and Eastern European cities and their re-integration into global networks.

Contributors: Martin Åberg, Frank Carter, Kaliopa Dimitrovska Andrews, F.E. Ian Hamilton, Hartmut Haussermann, John R. Logan, Andreas Kapphan, Olga Medvedkov, Yuri Medvedkov, Nataša Pichler-Milanovič, Jiri Musil, Iván Tosics, Elena Vesselinov, Grzegorz Weclawowicz

F. E. Ian Hamilton was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Kaliopa Dimitrovska Andrews is Director of the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. Natasa Pichler-Milanovic is a Research Fellow at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia and at the London School of Economics and Political Science.


Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia Pacifi c Region

EDITED BY FU-CHEN LO AND PETER J. MARCOTULLIO

Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia Pacifi c Region demonstrates the growing interconnections among cities in the region that have come about as a result of globalization. It raises implications for the study of social and environmental conditions as well as economic growth in cities. Sustainable urban development requires more than good management and local politics; increasingly it demands na-tional, regional, and global interventions.

Contributors: Sung Woong Hong, Terry G. McGee, Chong-Tong Wu, Tetsuo Kidokoro, Takashi Onishi Won-yong Kwon, Chung-lung Tsay, Victor F.S. Sit, Chia Siow Yue, Ning Yuemin, Budhy T.S. Soegijoko, B.S. Kusbiantoro, Sauwalak Kittiprapas, Peter A. Murphy

Fu-chen Lo is the former deputy direc-tor of the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo. Peter J. Marcotullio is a Fellow and Urban Programme Manager at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama.


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The Mega-city in Latin America

EDITED BY ALAN GILBERT

With chapters on each of Latin America’s six largest cities (Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, and Santa Fé de Bogotá), this book focuses on the regions’ demography of urban growth, public administration, transportation, land, housing, and infrastructure.

Alan Gilbert works in the Department of Geography, University College London, United Kingdom.


Mega-city Growth and the Future

EDITED BY ROLAND J. FUCHS, ELLEN BRENNAN, FU-CHEN LO, AND JUHA I. UITTO

“A collection of very good papers . . . the issues raised and the prescriptions offered should be pondered by those engaged in the struggle to plan, build and manage these gigantic cities.” —The Times Higher Education Supplement

Roland J. Fuchs is former Vice rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo. Ellen Brennan is Chief, Population Section, Population Division, United Nations New York. Fu-chen Lo is the former deputy director of the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo. Juha I. Uitto is a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation coordinator at the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in New York.


Emerging World Cities in Pacifi c Asia

EDITED BY FU-CHEN LO AND YUE-MAN YEUNG

Pacifi c Asia is the fastest growing region in the world, and its very large cities ; world cities ; have been laying a critical art in spearheading economic growth and social and cultural transformation. This book fo-cuses on the functional characteristics and linkage effects of Pacifi c Asia’s world cities against the background of global economic restructuring since the 1980s. These cities are examined as individual entities, in their regional setting, and in the context of subregional cooperative development envi-ronments. Emphasis is laced on functional importance and complexity of world cities in the global and regional economies.

Fu-chen Lo is the former deputy director of the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo. Yue-man Yeung is Professor of Geography at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.


Globalization and the World of Large Cities

EDITED BY FU-CHEN LO AND YUE-MAN YEUNG

This book has built upon the results of a series of regional research projects focused on mega-cities sponsored by the United Nations University in the 1990s. Some of the fi ndings are featured in this volume, forming a basis upon which a comprehensive survey of how globaliza-tion has impacted upon urban growth and structures in different parts of the world is constructed.

This work is a major contribution to the study of urbanization and globalization. It should appeal to scholars, planners, and policy makers in developed and developing countries.

Fu-chen Lo is the former deputy director of the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo. Yue-man Yeung is Professor of Geography at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.


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Environment

Recently Published

Sustainable Management of Headwater ResourcesResearch from Africa and India

EDITED BY LIBOR JANSKY, MARTIN J. HAIG, AND HAUSHILA PRASAD

Headwaters are the source of freshwater re-sources, the margins of drainage basins and the fi rst and zero order basins that surround every catchment. The challenge is to defi ne appropri-ate, self-sustainable, management strategies and structures for these lands which meet the needs of the headwater habitat, including its human in-habitants, and the needs of habitats downstream.

The contributors to this book strive to anticipate emerging and future problems; to discover inte-grated solutions to the problems already caused by land degradation, natural hazards and devel-

opment processes; and to help develop better land management, environmental protection and landscape regeneration practices and policies. They also address the many challenges that remain: the concern for effective sharing of local experience in science and technology; community participation; the role of education; effectiveness and limits of current technol-ogy; the selection of appropriate policies and goals; modes of effective management; and the sustainability of current activities.

Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources provides an understanding of current and prior situations and provides scientifi c analyses of local and regional headwater issues in India and Africa. The authors analyse the current situation through fi eld experiments that provide reliable information on the status of headwater resources in these regions.

Contributors: Martin J. Haigh, Libor Jansky, Haushila Prasad, Govind S. Rajwar, Adrian P Wood, Alan B. Dixon, R. Y. Singh, P. C. Tiwari, Bhagwati Joshi, Vaidyanatha Subramanian, Brigitta Schütt, Stefan Thiemann, S.K Murimi, Alfred Opere, Chris A. Shisanya, Zachary A. Kwena, Mwangi Gathenya, Japeth O. Onyando, M. C. Chemelil, Simon Mang’erere Onywere, Joy Apiyo Obando

Libor Jansky is a Senior Academic Programme Offi cer in the Environment and Sustainable Development Programme of the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Martin J. Haigh is a Professor of Geography at Oxford Brookes University, England. Haushila Prasad is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.

ISBN 92-808-1108-8, 330 pages, paper, US$30.00UNU Series on Water Resources Management and Policy

Water for Urban AreasChallenges and Perspectives

EDITED BY JUHA I. UITTO AND ASIT K. BISWAS

In Water for Urban Areas, leading experts from four continents offer unique insights into varied issues of urban water manage-ment. In case studies from the South as well as the North, the authors seek solu-tions and identify strategies for sustain-able management of water resources for burgeoning mega-cities. They consider both technical issues, such as wastewater reuse, and management issues, including fi nancial mechanisms for improved water sector management.

Water for Urban Areas will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and students concerned with water and environmental management in cities and sustainable development as a whole.

Juha I. Uitto is a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator at the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in New York. Asit K. Biswas is President of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico City.

ISBn 92-808-1024-3244 pages; paper: $24.95 USUNU Series on Water Resources Management and Policy

Environment

Sustainable Development of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins

EDITED BY ASIT K. BISWAS AND JUHA I. UITTO

In Sustainable Development of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins, leading technocrats and intellectuals discuss how, through cooperation between the countries concerned and by taking a holistic develop-ment approach, the quality of life of the people of the basin could be improved sig-nifi cantly within a reasonable timeframe.

Asit K. Biswas is the President of the Third World Centre for Water Management and a Member of the World Commission on Water. Juha I. Uitto is Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at the Global Environment Facility (GEF), New York and was formerly a Senior Academic Programme Offi cer at the United Nations University Environment and Sustainable Development Programme.


Central Eurasian Water CrisisCaspian, Aral, and Dead Seas

EDITED BY IWAO KOBORI AND MICHAEL H. GLANTZ

This book’s title refl ects the global aware-ness that various regions increasingly face problems of water quality and quantity. This work focuses on three such regions: the Dead Sea, the Aral Sea, and the Caspian Sea. Researchers from various physical and social science disciplines identify water-related problems and the prospects for resolving them in each region.

Iwao Kobori is a Programme Advisor at the United Nations University in Tokyo. Michael H. Glantz is Senior Scientist in the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.


Management of Latin American River BasinsAmazon, Plata, and São Francisco

EDITED BY ASIT K. BISWAS, NEWTON V. CORDEIRO, BENEDITO P.F. BRAGA, AND CECILIA TORTAJADA

Increasing populations, the environmental stresses of economic development and water-related public health risks make sustainable water management increas-ingly complex. As per-capita demand for water in developing countries is increasing, analysis indicates that the cost of future water source development will be double to triple the cost of similar projects in the current decade. This book gathers expert analyses of issues surrounding three of Latin America’s largest and most important rivers, including inter-state and intrastate confl icts over their fair and sustainable use.

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada are staff members of the Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigacioen y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (CIIEMAD) in Mexico City. Benedito P.F. Braga is President of the International Water Resources Association (WRA). Newton V. Cordeiro was formerly Water Unit Chief of the Organization of American States.

ISBN 92-808-1012-X352 pages; paper: $34.95 USUNU Series on Water Resources



Recently Published

Mankind and the Oceans

EDITED BY NOBUYUKI MIYAZAKI, ZAFAR ADEEL AND KOUICHI OHWADA

To reasonably manage ocean resources and the environment we need well-designed scientifi c research, strong international networks, and public education. The contributors to this volume provide insights into our fundamental understanding of the relationship between the human society and the oceans, and suggest ways to integrate the management of coastal and marine zones.

This book contains important and fascinating evidence of the role of the oceans in mankind’s survival in the twenty-fi rst century. It focuses on regional and national case studies and emphasiz-es approaches that can help remedy our impact on the oceans. It contains a lot of valuable infor-

mation on the ocean environment, including controversial issues such as fi sh stock depletion rates, plus the conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity, and constructive suggestions for future directions.

The oceans belong to us all and we are equally responsible for the wise utilization and protec-tion of their bountiful resources. Mankind and the Oceans is a useful tool for policymakers, resource managers, graduate and undergraduate students, scientists and all other people concerned about the role and future of our oceans.

Contributors: Zafar Adeel, Nobuyuki Miyazaki, Francois Doumenge,Tomotoshi Okaichi, Achiko Yamada, Nobuhiko Handa, Juha I. Uitto, Zhou Kaiya, Maricar S. Prudente, Supawat Kan-Atireklap, Shinsuke Tanabe, Annamalai Sbramanian, Haruhiko Nakata, Shinsuke Tanabe, Ryo Tatsukawa, Masao Amano, Evgeny A. Petrov, Thomas J. O’Shea, Peter S. Ross, Bayram Ozturk, Ayaka Amaha Ozturk, Ricardo Bastida, Diego Rodrìguez, Norbeto Scarlato, Marco Faveroo

Nobuyuki Miyazaki is a Professor at the Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan. Zafar Adeel is Assistant Director, Program Development, of United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health, in Ontario, Canada. Kouichi Ohwada is Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Science, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Japan.


Mangrove Management and ConservationPresent and Future

EDITED BY MARTA VANNUCCI

This volume outlines the key areas for future focus in the stewardship of this vital ecosystem, including appropriate legisla-tion, community participation and empow-erment, management agreements between communities, governments and NGOs, and local responsibility for supervision and enforcement of rules and regulations. An Action Plan for the worldwide conserva-tion and use of mangroves concludes the volume.

Contributors: Zafar Adeel, Marta Vannucci, Shigeyuki Baba, Kakehisa Nakamura, Reiko Minagawa, Sonjai Havanond, Zhongyi Chen, Ruijiang Wang, Zebin Miao, Aprilani Soegiarto, A. N. Sububramanian, Shigemitsu Shokita, Phan Nguyen Hong, Kiyoshi Fujimoto, Sanit Aksornkoae, Mesake Senibulu, Mohammad Tahir Qureshi, Patricia Moreno-Casasola, Jurgenne H. Primavera, Shinichiro Kakuma, Robert S. Pomeroy, Brenda M. Katon, Motohiko Kogo, Kiyomi Kogo, A.F.M. Akhtaruzzaman, Kazuhiro Ajiki, Atsuo Ida, Thabit S. Masoud, Robert G. Wild

Marta Vannucci is a retired Professor of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.


Environment

Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment for Developing Countries

PRASAD MODAK AND ASIT K. BISWAS

The book includes an introduction to EIA and sections on its process, methods, and tools. It discusses the implementation of specifi c environmental management measures and the need for their constant monitoring. The book also reviews the process of translating and communicating the fi ndings of an EIA study to decision makers and the public, and outlines the writing and reviewing of an EIA report. It examines emerging trends in EIA and concludes with a number of illustrative case studies.

Prasad Modak is with the Environmental Management Centre, Bombay. Asit K. Biswas is President of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico City.


Crucibles of HazardMega-cities and Disasters in Transition

EDITED BY JAMES K. MITCHELL

This collaborative study of environmental risks in ten of the world’s major cities was led by the International Geographical Union’s Study Group on the Disaster Vulnerability of Mega-cities. Geographers, planners and other experts examine the hazard experiences of case study cities and analyse their future risks. The authors conclude that the natural disaster potential of the biggest cities is expanding at a pace which far exceeds the rate of urbanization.

“A great contribution to disaster studies.” —David A. McEntire, University of North Texas

James K. Mitchell chaired the US National Academy of Science Ad Hoc Committee on the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and is founding editor of the journal Global Environmental Change. He is currently Professor of Geography at Rutgers University.


The Long Road to RecoveryCommunity Responses to Industrial Disaster

EDITED BY JAMES K. MITCHELL

This book is about community responses to types of industrial disasters that, going far beyond routine mishaps, constitute

“surprise” disasters. These disasters are producing unprecedented consequences, and they are emerging faster and lasting longer than ever before. Examples include mercury contamination in Minamata, Japan; underground fi res in Centralia, Pennsylvania; the airborne dioxin release at Seveso, Italy; the poison gas cloud in Bhopal, India; the nuclear reactor fi re at Chernobyl, Ukraine; the destruction of Iran’s oil facilities during the war with Iraq; and the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

James K. Mitchell chaired the US National Academy of Science Ad Hoc Committee on the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and is founding editor of the journal Global Environmental Change. He is currently Professor of Geography at Rutgers University.


Environment



Environment

Recently Published

Key Issues for Mountain Areas

EDITED BY MARTIN F. PRICE, LIBOR JANSKY AND ANDREI A. IATSENIA

While mountain areas have long been on the periphery of national and global policy debates, their importance is underlined by the fact that they cover 24% of the Earth’s land surface and 26% of the global population lives in them or very close by. They are sources of water, food, timber, minerals and other natural resources; they provide many opportunities for recreation and tourism; and they are centres of biological and cultural diversity and religious signifi cance. At the same time, mountain people and moun-tain environments are particularly threatened by global environmental change and global economic and political forces. Unfortunately, a disproportionate number of confl icts occur in mountain regions, and their inhabitants include

many of the poorest and most vulnerable in the world.

This book explores many of these issues, with particular emphases on appropriate insti-tutions and policies for sustainable mountain development. It includes updated papers from the Bishkek Global Mountain Summit which was the concluding global event of the International Year of Mountains 2002. It is thus a key reference for scholars, policymakers and others interested in the future of the world’s mountain areas.

Contributors: Martin F. Price, Mylvakanam Iyngararasan, Li Tianchi, Surendra Shrestha, P.K. Mool, Masatoshi Yoshino, Teiji Watanabe, Thomas Kohler, Hans Hurni, Urs Wiesmann, Andreas Kläy, Maritta R.V. Bieberstein, Walter Kahlenborn, Safdar Parvez, Stephen F. Rasmussen, Wendy Brewer Lama, Nikhat Sattar, D. Jane Prat, S. Frederick Starr, Paul H. Nitze, Annie Villeneuve, Thomas Hofer, Douglas McGuire, Maho Sato, Ali Mekouar, Wolfgang E. Burhenne, Bruno Messerli, Edwin Bernbaum

Martin F. Price is the Director of the Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College, UHI Millennium Institute, UK. Libor Jansky is a Senior Academic Programme Offi cer in the Environment and Sustainable Development Programme at the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Andrei A. Iatsenia is a Project Director of the Water Initiative, at the World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland.


Global Environmental Risk

EDITED BY JEANNE X. KASPERSON AND ROGER E. KASPERSON

“[T]he book serves as an excellent reference source. . . . [A] compelling call for broader and more integrated approaches to address the uncertainty and complexity of global environmental risk. . . .” —Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Contributors: Bhavik Bakshi, Patricia Benjamin, Jo Anne Berkenkamp, Sherry A. Bishko, James M. Broadus, William C. Clark, Kirstin Dow, Jacque L. Emel, Exequiel Ezcurra, Oscar Flores-Villela, Silvio O. Funtowicz, Saburo Ikeda, N.S.Jodha, Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson, Masaaki Kataoka, Mark D. Koehler, Dianna M. Liverman, Jennifer A. Marrs, James K. Mitchell, Chris P. Nielsen, Vicki Norberg-Bohm, Tomothy O’Riordan, Samuel J. Ratick, Jerome R. Ravetz, John B. Robinson, Dianne E. Rocheleau, Ambuj Sagar, Kirk R. Smith, Peter Timmerman, B.L. Turner II, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Ella Vázquez-Domínguez

Jeanne X. Kasperson, was Research Associate Professor at the George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Roger E. Kasperson, is Executive Director at the Stockholm Environment Institute.


Trade, Environment, and the Millennium Second edition

EDITED BY GARY P. SAMPSON AND W. BRADNEE CHAMBERS

The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the key issues of negotiation at the meeting of Trade Ministers in late 2001 in Qatar and well beyond. Resolving these issues is a precondition for the launching of a new round of multilateral trade negotiations—something considered critical by many WTO member govern-ments in order to ensure a stable multilat-eral trading system that fully represents the interests of developing countries.

Gary P. Sampson is the Professor of Economic Governance at the Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Yokohama, Japan, and Professor at the Centre for Business and Public Policy, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne University. He is a former Director of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization. W. Bradnee Chambers is a Senior Programme Offi cer at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan.

ISBN92-808-1064-2452 pages; paper: $26.95 US

Cities and the EnvironmentNew Approaches for Eco-Societies

EDITED BY TAKASHI INOGUCHI, EDWARD NEWMAN AND GLEN PAOLETTO

This volume identifi es and conceptualizes the ideal of urban eco-societies, embracing their technological, political, and sociologi-cal dimensions and focusing on broad but practical lifestyle changes. It outlines the innovative approaches used in partner-ships among disparate actors and the widening process of cooperation on these issues that transcends national boundaries.

Takashi Inoguchi is a Political Science Professor at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Oriental Culture. Edward Newman is an Academic Programme Offi cer in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, Tokyo. Glen Pauletto is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan


The Global Environment in the Twenty-fi rst CenturyProspects for International Cooperation

EDITED BY PAMELA S. CHASEK

This book examines the roles of different actors in the formulation of international and national environmental policy. It starts from the premise that while co-operation among nation states has proven to be necessary to address many transboundary environmental issues, virtually all policies must be implemented at the national or local level.

Contributors: Muthiah Alagappa, Helmut Breitmeier, Angelina M. Briones, Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie, Michael W. Doyle, Peter Evans, Lin Gan, Peter H. Gleick, José Goldemberg, Peter Hayes, Atul Kohli, Marc A. Levy, Rachel Massey, Chung-in Moon, Gregory W. Myres, Mikiyasu Nakayama, Charmaine G. Ramos, Volker Rittberger, Holly Sims, Georg Sørensen, Jeanne Sowers, Egbert Tellegen, David von Hippel, Paul Wapner, Kenneth E. Wilkening, Lyuba Zarsky

Pamela S. Chasek is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and Manhattan College.


Environment



Recently Published

Confronting Environmental Change In East and Southeast AsiaEco-Politics, Foreign Policy, and Sustainable Development

EDITED BY PAUL G. HARRIS

An edited collection of concise, hard-hitting essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address the politics and policy of environmental change and sustainable develop-ment in East and Southeast Asia.

The book pays particular attention to the ways in which foreign policy and international relations theories help explain eco-politics and sustainable development in the region. Case studies cover environmental diplomacy in East Asia and strate-gies for sustainable development in Southeast Asia, including Japanese environmental policy, China’s climate change diplomacy, the role of NGOs in shaping Thailand’s policies on biodiver-

sity, international assistance and marine environmental protection in Vietnam, sustainable development policy in Taiwan, and the role of community-based confl ict management in environmental protection efforts in Papua New Guinea.

Contributors: Paul G Harris, Mika Mervio, Hiroshi Ohta, Judith Shapiro, Yuka Kobayashi, Jonathan Harrington, Wen-chen Shih, Ho-Ching Lee, Jak Sangchai, Peter Stoett, Tran Duc Thanh, Tran Dinh Lan, Pham Van Luong, Tse-Kang Leng, Phillip Scott Jones

Paul G. Harris is an Associate Professor of Politics at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.


East Asian Experience in Environmental GovernanceResponse in a Rapidly Developing Region

EDITED BY ZAFAR ADEEL

The East Asian region has seen consider-able growth in its economy, industrial base, and population in the last two decades. Interestingly, all three of these factors are often linked to over-exploitation and degradation of environmental resources. East Asian Experience in Environmental Governance provides a broad-brush over-view of the existing governance regime that deals with the environmental challenges in the region. Three sectors are selected for deeper analysis: pesticide management; water quality and resources management; and air pollution management.

Contributors: Abdul Rani bin Abdullah, Abdul Rashid Ahmad, Hasnah Ali, Quan Hao, Meehye Lee, Naori Nakamoto, Glen Paoletto, Saraswathy Sinnakkannu, Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon, Cindy Termorshuizen, Makiko Yamauchi, Huang Yeru

Zafar Adeel is Assistant Director, Programme Development at the United Nations University International Network on Water Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada.


Environment

Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Economic IntegrationThe Recent Experience

EDITED BY GARY P. SAMPSON AND STEPHEN WOOLCOCK

Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Economic Integration examines a number of very different regional trade agreements and fi nds that there is no one model for what constitutes deeper integration.

“. . . moves the debate forward into new territory . . . . A thought-provoking read for anyone with an interest in the subject of regionalism and its relationship to multilateralism.”

—Roderick Abbott, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization

Gary P. Sampson is the Professor of Economic Governance at the Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Yokohama, Japan, and Professor at the Centre for Business and Public Policy, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne University. Stephen Woolcock is a Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics, where he teaches international political economy, economic diplomacy, and the politics of international trade.


The Role of the World Trade Organization in Global Governance

EDITED BY GARY P. SAMPSON

Reform at the World Trade Organization will not come easily. The architects of the WTO are proud of having created what they consider to be a major achievement in institutionalized global economic coopera-tion. They point to the success of the WTO in doing what governments wanted it to do: to reduce barriers to trade and to con-duct that trade according to agreed rules.

The central question is how wise policy makers should respond to the pressures now falling on the WTO system while en-suring the preservation of a trading system that has led to unprecedented growth in the world economy and contributed to the peaceful coexistence of nations. This ques-tion is addressed in this book.

Gary P. Sampson is the Professor of Economic Governance at the Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Yokohama, Japan, and Professor at the Centre for Business and Public Policy, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne University.


Reforming Africa’s InstitutionsOwnership, Incentives, and Capabilities

EDITED BY STEVE KAYIZZI-MUGERWA

There is not a single African country that did not attempt public sector reforms in the 1990s. Reforming Africa’s Institutions looks at the extent to which reforms under-taken in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years have enhanced institutional capacities across the breadth of government. To what extent have reforms been internalized and defended by governments? The authors also look specifi cally at the impact of pub-lic sector reforms on these economies and pose the question whether ‘ownership’ can be attained when countries continue to be heavily dependent on external support.

Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa formerly Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is now attached to the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Offi ce in Washington, DC.


Development



Development

Perspectives on Growth and Poverty

EDITED BY ROLPH VAN DER HOEVEN AND ANTHONY SHORROCKS

“I recommend this book to academics and other practitioners for its probing and insightful analysis of poverty and growth issues and for suggestions on how to re-structure the road map in order to ensure that the globally adopted poverty reduction targets are achieved.”

—Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Independent Evaluation Offi ce, IMF.

Contributors: Ke-young Chu, Syed Ahsan, Tony Addison, Aminur Rahman, Jennifer Mbabazi, Oliver Morrissey, Chris Milner, David Mayer-Foulkes, Orlando San Martin, Ahmad Assadzadeh, Satya Paul, George Fane, Peter Warr, Neil McCulloch, Bob Baulch, Milasoa Cherel-Robson, Christiana Okojie

Rolph van der Hoeven is Manager of the Technical Secretariat of the World Commission on Globalization. Anthony Shorrocks is Director of United Nations University World Institute of Development Economics Research UNU-WIDER.


Recently Published

Regulating BioprospectingInstitutions for Drug Research, Access and Benefi t-Sharing

PADMASHREE GEHL SAMPATH

The search for useful biochemical compounds and genes in nature has been the focus of in-ternational negotiations for more than a decade, yet debate on the terms for access to genetic resources, traditional knowledge and benefi t-sharing is far from settled.

This book examines the optimal property rights structures and institutional mechanisms for regulating bioprospecting for drug research. Focusing on the economics of contracts, it shows that the rights exchanged are complementary at each stage of drug discovery and develop-ment of genetic resources. The author examines

bioprospecting collaborations in several countries and critiques institutional and contractual factors that led to their success or failure.

This is one of the fi rst books to address the contractual complexities of bioprospecting for drug research and is thus a key text for policy makers, practitioners and scholars in the areas of law, economics, ethnobotany, anthropology and environmental sciences.

“An excellent and comprehensive overview of the many complex facets of the bioprospecting and drug discovery and development processes, and an invaluable source of information and guidance to those seeking to establish programs and agreements built on foundations of reasonable access and equitable benefi t-sharing.” —Prof. Gordon Cragg, former Director, Natural Products Branch, National Cancer Institute, USA

“A welcome contribution to an important but highly polarized debate. It offers an objective and academically rigorous treatment of what is a highly complex subject, and in doing so should contribute to fairer and more effective bioprospecting regulation.”

—Graham Dutfi eld, Senior Research Fellow, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, University of London, UK.

“The author examines, with outstanding analytical capabilities, complex economic issues of particular importance to developing countries and the drug industry. The book offers stimu-lating insights in a rigorous and accessible manner. It will be of great value for researchers, policy makers, managers and all those concerned with the protection and sustainable use of biodiversity.” —Prof. Carlos M. Correa, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

“This book is a signifi cant contribution to the literature and will stimulate valuable discourse.”—Daniel B. Maagraw, President,

Center for International Environmental Law, Washington, USA.

Padmashree Gehl Sampath is a Researcher at the United Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU-INTECH) Maastricht, the Netherlands.


Development

Recently Published

Innovation, Learning and Technological Dynamism of Developing Countries

EDITED BY SUNIL MANI AND HENNY ROMIJN

This book employs a refreshingly new frame-work to identify cases of technological dynamism across a range of countries and industries. They vary from the recent growth of the computer software industry in India to the aircraft industry in Brazil. They touch upon technological dyna-mism in manufacturing and service oriented industries, and they consider how the effect of clustering, or the geographic agglomeration of fi rms engaged in the production of related and complementary items, can make sectors more technologically dynamic.

Innovation, Learning and Technological Dynamism of Developing Countries is a valuable text for scholars and students on the theory and practice of economics of technological change in develop-

ing countries. It is also a unique resource for governments, NGOs, fi nancial institutions and multilateral agencies interested in the practicalities of promoting technological progress in manufacturing and service industries.

Contributors: Sunil Mani, Marjolein C. J. Caniëls, Henny Romijn, Alexander Ebner, Rosane Argou Marques, Effi e Kesidou, Niels Beerepoot, M. Vijayabaskar, Girija Krishnaswamy, Florian Arun Taeube

Sunil Mani is a researcher at the United Nations University Institute for New Technologies UNU-INTECH, Maastricht. Henny Romijn is a Senior Lecturer at ECIS, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.

92-808-1097-9260 pages; paper: $32.00 US

Asia and Africa in the Global Economy

EDITED BY ERNEST ARYEETEY, JULIUS COURT, MACHIKO NISSANKE AND BEATRICE WEDER

Asia and Africa in the Global Economy systematically deciphers the different experiences in the two regions as they have interacted with an everchanging global economy.

Contributors: Ernest Aryeetey, Julius Court, Machiko Nissanke, Beatrice Weder, Deborah Brautigam, Laurence Harris, Jomo Sundaram., William Lyakurwa, Michael Rock, Delphin Rwegasira, Lemma Senbet, Charles Soludo, Thee Kian Wie, Pakorn Vichyanond, Sam Wangwe

Ernest Aryeetey is a Professor of Economics at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana. Julius Court is a Senior Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, London. Machiko Nissanke is a Reader in the Department of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Beatrice Weder is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Mainz.

ISBN 92-808-1089-8 428 pages; paper: $42.00 US



Selected Backlist

Managing Water for Peace in the Middle EastAlternative Strategies

Masahiro Murakami

ISBN 92-808-0858-3 320 pages • 1996 paper: $35.00 US

Hydropolitics along the Jordan RiverScarce Water and its Impact on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Aaron T. Wolf


Local Economic DevelopmentA Geographical Comparison of Rural Community Restructuring

Cecily Neil and Markku Tykkyläinen, editors


Eco-restructuringImplications for Sustainable Development

Robert U. Ayres and Paul M. Weaver, editors


The Fragile Tropics of Latin AmericaSustainable Management of Changing Environments

Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto, editors

ISBN 92-808-0877-X 324 pages • 1997 paper: $35.00 US

Steering Business Toward SustainabilityFritjof Capra and Gunter Pauli, editors


AmazoniaResiliency and Dynamism of the Land and Its People UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions

Nigel J.H. Smith, Emanuel Adilson S. Serrão, Paulo T. Alvim and Italo C. Falesi


In Place of the ForestEnvironmental and Socio-economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions

Harold Brookfield, Lesley Potter and Yvonne Byron


The Ordos Plateau of ChinaAn Endangered Environment UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions

Hong Jiang


The Basin of MexicoCritical Environmental Issues and SustainabilityUNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions

Exequiel Ezcurra, Marisa Mazari-Hiriart, Irene Pisanty and Adrián Guillermo Aguilar


Regions at RiskComparisons of Threat-ened EnvironmentsUNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions

Edited by Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson and B.L. Turner II, editors


The Llano Estacado of the US Southern High PlainsEnvironmental Transfor-mation and the Pros-pect for SustainabilityUNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions

Elizabeth Brooks and Jacque Emel with Brad Jokisch and Paul Robbins



Population, Land Management, and Environmental ChangeJuha I. Uitto and Akiko Ono, editors


Industrial MetabolismRestructuring for Sustainable Development

Robert U. Ayres and Udo E. Simonis, editors


Old SinsIndustrial Metabolism, Heavy Metal Pollution, and Environmental Transition in Central Europe

Stefan Anderberg, Sylvia Prieler, Sander de Bruyn and Krzysztof Olendrzynski


The MekongEnvironment and Development

Hiroshi Hori


International Security Management and the United NationsThe United Nations System in the Twenty-first Century

Muthiah Alagappa and Takashi Inoguchi, editors


New Millennium, New PerspectivesThe United Nations, Security, and GovernanceUNU Millennium Series

Ramesh Thakur and Edward Newman, editors


Ocean GovernanceSustainable Development of the Seas

Peter Bautista Payoyo, editor


The Oceanic CircleGoverning the Seas as a Global Resource

Elisabeth Mann Borgese


ISBN 92-808-1013-8 260 pages • 1998 cloth: $39.95 US

United Nations-sponsored World ConferencesFocus on Impact and Follow-up

Michael G. Schechter, editor


GlobalizationThe United Nations Development DialogueFinance, Trade, Poverty, Peace-buildingUNU Policy Perspectives

Isabelle Grunberg and Sarbuland Khan, editors


United Nations Peace-keeping OperationsA Guide to Japanese Policies

L. William Heinrich Jr., Akiho Shibata and Yoshihide Soeya, editors


United Nations Peace-keeping OperationsA Guide to French Policies

Brigitte Stern, editor


Selected Backlist


Selected Backlist

Regional Mechanisms and International Security in Latin AmericaOlga Pellicer, editor


China in the Twenty-first CenturyPolitics, Economy, and Society

Fumio Itoh, editor


Arms ReductionEconomic Implications in the Post-Cold War Era

Lawrence R. Klein, Fu-chen Lo and Warwick J. McKibbin, editors


The Culture of ViolenceKumar Rupesinghe and Marcial Rubio Correa, editors


Latin America TodayPablo González Casanova, editor


The Future of the United Nations SystemPotential for the Twenty-first Century

Chadwick F. Alger, editor


The United Nations SystemThe Policies of Member StatesUNU Studies on Multilateralism and the UN System

Chadwick F. Alger, Gene M. Lyons and John E. Trent, editors


State, Society, and the UN SystemChanging Perspectives on MultilateralismUNU Studies on Multilateralism and the UN System

Keith Krause and W. Andy Knight, editors


Financing for DevelopmentProposals from Business and Civil SocietyUNU Policy Perspectives

Barry Herman, Federica Pietracci and Krishnan Sharma, editors


Financing for Development in Latin America and the CaribbeanAndrés Franco, editor


Global Financial Turmoil and ReformA United Nations PerspectiveUNU Policy Perspectives

Barry Herman, editor


Model, Myth, or Miracle?Reassessing the Role of Governments in the East Asian ExperienceUNU Policy Perspectives

Beatrice Weder



Selected Backlist

The New Globalism and Developing CountriesJohn H. Dunning and Khalil A. Hamdani, editors


International Finance and Developing Countries in a Year of Crisis1997 Discussions at the United Nations

Barry Herman and Krishnan Sharma, editors


Development Cooperation in PracticeThe United Nations Volunteers in NepalUNU Policy Perspectives

Joel Rehnstrom


The Impact of Chaos on Science and SocietyCelso Grebogi and James A. Yorke, editors


Food Habits in Later LifeA Cross Cultural Study

Mark L. Wahlqvist et al., editor

ISBN 92-808-0912-1 CD-ROM • 1995 $15.00 US

Technology Change and Female Labour in JapanUNU Series on the Japanese Experience

Masanori Nakamura, editor


Technological Innovation and the Development of Transportation in JapanUNU Series on the Japanese Experience

Hirofumi Yamamoto, editor


Meiji IshinRestoration and Revolution

Michio nagai and Miguel Urrutia


The Impact of Economic Development on Rural Women in ChinaThe All-Women’s China Federation


ImperialismThe Permanent Stage of Capitalism

Herb Addo


Women Encounter TechnologyChanging Patterns of Employment in the Third World

Swasti Mitter and Sheila Rowbotham, editors


In Pursuit of Science and Technology in Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes

J.L. Enos



Selected Backlist

Exporting Africa:Technology, Trade and Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Samuel M. Wangwe, editor


Bolivia and CocaA Study in Dependency

James Painter


Peace and Security in the Asia Pacific RegionPost-Cold War Problems and Prospects

Kevin Clemens, editor


Global Challenge and Local ResponseInitiatives for Economic Regeneration in Contemporary Europe

Walter B. Stöhr, editor


AsiaMilitarization and Regional Conflict

Yoshikazu Sakamoto, editor


Sustainable Management of Soil Resources in the Humid TropicsRattan Lal


The Burmese Connection Illegal Drugs and The making of The Golden Triangle

Ronald D. Renard

ISBN 92-808-0917-2 152 pages cloth: $20.00 US

Politics of Technology in Latin AmericaMaria Inês and Charles Cooper, editors


Political Economy and Illegal Drugs in ColumbiaFrancisco E. Thoumi


Capital, the State and LabourA Global Perspective

Juliet Schor and Jong-Il You, editors


The Impact of labour Migration on HouseholdsA Comparative Study in Seven Asian Countries

Godfrey Gunatilleke, editor


The PacificPeace, Security and the Nuclear Issue

Ranginui Walker and William Sutherland


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Index of Titles

Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Agrodiversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Amazonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Arms Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Asia and Africa in the Global Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Asia’s Emerging Regional Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Basin of Mexico, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Bolivia and Coca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Broadening Asia’s Security Discourse and Agenda . . . . 14

Building Sustainable Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Burmese Connection, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Capital, the State and Labour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Central Eurasian Water Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Changing Nature of Democracy, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chemical Weapons Convention, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

China in the Twenty-first Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Cities and the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment for Developing Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Conflict Prevention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Confronting Environmental Change In East and Southeast Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Crossing National Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Crucibles of Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Culture of Violence, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Danube, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Democracy in Latin America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Democracy, Governance and Economic Performance . . 24

Democratic Process and the Market, The. . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Democratization in the Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Development Cooperation in Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

East Asian Experience in Environmental Governance . 39

Eco-restructuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Emerging Forces in Environmental Governance . . . . . . 27

Emerging World Cities in Pacific Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Enhancing Global Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Enhancing Participation and Governance in Water Resources Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Ethics and International Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Exporting Africa: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Financing for Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Financing for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Floods in Bangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Food Habits in Later Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Fragile Tropics of Latin America, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

From Civil Strife to Civil Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Future of the United Nations System, The. . . . . . . . . . . 45

Global Challenge and Local Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Global Environment in the Twenty-first Century, The . . 38

Global Environmental Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Global Financial Turmoil and Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Global Governance and the United Nations System . . 22

Globalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia Pacific Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Globalization and the World of Large Cities . . . . . . . . . 32

Globalization of Human Rights, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Human Development and the Environment . . . . . . . . . 30

Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy . . . . . 18

Human Rights and Societies in Transition . . . . . . . . . . 18

Hydropolitics along the Jordan River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Impact of Chaos on Science and Society, The . . . . . . . . 46

Impact of Economic Development on Rural Women in China, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Impact of labour Migration on Households, The. . . . . . 47

Imperialism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

In Place of the Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

In Pursuit of Science and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Industrial Metabolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Innovation, Learning and Technological Dynamism of Developing Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Innovative Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Inter-linkages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

International Commissions and the Power of Ideas. . . . 15

International Finance and Developing Countries in a Year of Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

International Security Management and the United Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

International Waters in Southern Africa . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Key Issues for Mountain Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

La Niña and Its Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Latin America Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Legitimacy of International Organizations, The . . . . . . 20

Llano Estacado of the US Southern High Plains, The. . 43

Local Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Long Road to Recovery, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Making States Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Management of Latin American River Basins. . . . . . . . 34

Managing Agrodiversity the Traditional Way . . . . . . . . 26

Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East . . . . . . . 43

Mangrove Management and Conservation . . . . . . . . . . 35

Mankind and the Oceans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Medical Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Mega-city Growth and the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Mega-city in Latin America, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Meiji Ishin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Mekong, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Model, Myth, or Miracle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

New Globalism and Developing Countries, The . . . . . . 46

New Millennium, New Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Ocean Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Oceanic Circle, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Old Sins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Ordos Plateau of China, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Pacific, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Peace and Security in the Asia Pacific Region . . . . . . . . 47

Peacekeepers, Politicians, and Warlords. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Perspectives on Growth and Poverty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Political Economy and Illegal Drugs in Columbia. . . . . 47

Politics of Technology in Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Population, Land Management, and Environmental Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Power in Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Public Participation in the Governance of International Freshwater Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Reforming Africa’s Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Reforming from the Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Reforming International Environmental Governance . . 27

Refugees and Forced Displacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Regional Mechanisms and International Security in Latin America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Regional Peacekeepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Economic Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Regions at Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Regulating Bioprospecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Researching Conflict in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Researching Violently Divided Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Responsibility in World Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Role of the World Trade Organization in Global Governance, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Security Sector Reform and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

South Asia in the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Spatial Disparities in Human Development . . . . . . . . . 11

State, Society, and the UN System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

States, Markets, and Just Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Steering Business Toward Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Sustainable Cities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Sustainable Development of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources . . . . 33

Sustainable Management of Soil Resources in the Humid Tropics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Technological Innovation and the Development of Transportation in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Technology Change and Female Labour in Japan . . . . . 46

Tests of Global Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Trade, Environment, and the Millennium . . . . . . . . . . 38

Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Resolution . . . . . . . 28

Transformation of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

UN Role in Promoting Democracy, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Ad Hoc Missions, Permanent Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

United Nations Peace-keeping Operations: A Guide to French Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

United Nations Peace-keeping Operations: A Guide to Japanese Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

United Nations System, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

United Nations-sponsored World Conferences . . . . . . . . 44

Water for Urban Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Water Management in Islam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Women Encounter Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

WTO and Sustainable Development, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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