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Introduction Activity Five (Extension Activity)

There are a wide range of books available that examine topics relevant to this subject. Many are available at university libraries, local libraries, or can be purchased new or second-hand online. Below are some useful books you may wish to consult, either in preparation for the course or as you proceed through the modules.

Alger, Chadwick F; Gene M Lyons and John, E Trent, The United Nations System: the Policies of Member States (United Nations University Press, 1995).

Archer, Clive, International Organizations (New York: Routledge, 2015).

Finizio, Giovanni and Ernesto Gallo (eds), Democracy at the United Nations : UN Reform in the Age of Globalisation (Peter Lang AG, 2013).

Gorman, Robert F, Great Debates at the United Nations: an Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues (Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2001).

Hanhimäki, Jussi M. The United Nations: a Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2008).

Hewson, Martin and Timothy Sinclair (eds), Approaches to Global Governance Theory (Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1999).

Karns, Margaret and Karen Ming, International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010).

Mazower, Mark, Governing the World: The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present (Penguin 2013).

Meisler, Stanley, United Nations: The First Fifty Years (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995).

Muldoon, James P. (ed.) Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations Today (Cambridge, Mass.: Westview Press, 2005).

Schechter, Michael G, United Nations Global Conferences (New York, NY: Routledge, 2005).

Siracusa, Joseph, Diplomacy: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

Weiss, Thomas, Global Governance: What? Why? Whither? (Cambridge: Polity, 2013).

Weiss, Thomas G., What’s Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It (Wiley, 2013).

Weiss, Thomas G. (ed.), The United Nations and Changing World Politics (Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 2007).

Weiss, Thomas G. and Sam Daws (eds), The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

Wilkinson, Rorden and Steve Hughes (eds), Global Governance: Critical Perspectives (New York: Routledge, 2002).

Ziring, Lawrence, Robert E. Riggs and Jack C. Plano, The United Nations: International Organization and World Politics (Fort Worth: Harcourt College Publishers, 2000).