Overview
'The collection of essays in The Once and Future Security Council constitutes highly clarifying and penetrating analyses of the vexing issue of UN Security Council reform from differing vantage points. Largely devoid of the rhetoric that has dominated the discussion, this compilation is solidly grounded on data and insightful inquiry and present the dilemmas inherent in this critical aspect of the grand debate over the future of global governance.' - Benjamin Rivlin, Ralph Bunche Institute on the United Nations, City University of New York, Graduate Division.Synopsis
'The collection of essays in The Once and Future Security Council constitutes highly clarifying and penetrating analyses of the vexing issue of UN Security Council reform from differing vantage points. Largely devoid of the rhetoric that has dominated the discussion, this compilation is solidly grounded on data and insightful inquiry and present the dilemmas inherent in this critical aspect of the grand debate over the future of global governance.' - Benjamin Rivlin, Ralph Bunche Institute on the United Nations, City University of New York, Graduate Division.
Booknews
Eight essays growing out of a two-year study centered at Yale explore the possibilities of changing the composition and procedures of the United Nations Security Council, weigh the arguments for and against reform, evaluate the various proposals that have been made in terms of who would lose power and who gain it, and offer new suggestions on how to make the body more efficient and legitimate. Some of the contributions have been published previously. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.