Leon Gordenker

Biographic Data

ID1101598
NAMELeon Gordenker
GIVEN NAMESLeon
FAMILY NAMEGordenker
SIGNATUREGORDENKER L
AFFILIATIONSPrinceton University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS53
TOTAL CITATIONS35
AUTHOR COUNT52
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1954
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX3

  • United Nations in The 1990s

    Leon Gordenker, Peter R BaehrBOOKUnited Nations in The 1990s2016

  • What UN Principles? A U.S. Debate on Iraq

    Leon GordenkerARTICLEGlobal Governance A Review of…2003References: 1

    The quality and depth of the broad public debate in the United States before Washington loosed its military might on Iraq suggests the internalization of international norms in American political life is remarkably thin. Although no survey data are immediately available evaluates the performance and resonance of the message conveyed by the mass media, little more than tactical appraisals were visible even while the Security Council was actively e…

  • The United Nations at the End of the 1990s

    Open AccessPeter R Baehr, Leon GordenkerBOOKThe United Nations at the End of…1999

  • From Colonialism to Independence

    Peter Baehr, Peter R Baehr et al.CHAPTERThe United Nations at the End of…1999

  • Clash and harmony in promoting peace

    Leon GordenkerARTICLEInternational Peacekeeping1998References: 3

    The difficulties that beset the relationship between peace‐maintenance and humanitarian assistance are not only an outcome of operational complexity, but can first be located in the disjuncture between relatively new organizational forms and dynamics outside or at odds with formal legal and political structures. Issues of authority, control, coordination and accountability have become more vexed as the growth and diffusion of humanitarian actors …

  • The U.S. Origins of Organized Global Politics

    Leon GordenkerARTICLEGlobal Governance A Review of…1998

  • Devolving responsibilities

    Leon Gordenker, Thomas G Wei et al.ARTICLEThird World Quarterly1997Cited by: 7

  • NGOs, the UN, and Global Governance

    Thomas G Weiss, Leon GordenkerBOOKNGOs, the UN, and Global Governance1996

    An exploration of the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the international arena, this work examines the full range of NGO relationships and actions. It concludes with a proposal for an alternative division of responsibility and labour between governmental and non-governmental actors.

  • Pluralising global governance

    Leon GordenkerARTICLEThird World Quarterly1995Cited by: 6

    Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) have in increasing numbers injected unexpected voices into international discourse about numerous problems of global scope. Especially during the last 20 years, human rights advocates, gender activists, developmentalists, groups of indigenous peoples and representatives of other defined interests have become active in political work once reserved for representatives of states. Their numbers have enlarged the v…

  • NGO participation in the international policy process

    Leon GordenkerARTICLEThird World Quarterly1995Cited by: 1

    (1995). NGO participation in the international policy process. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 543-556

  • The United Nations in the 1990s

    Open AccessPeter R Baehr, Leon GordenkerBOOKUnited Nations in The 1990s1994

  • From Colonialism to Independence

    Peter Baehr, Peter R Baehr et al.CHAPTERUnited Nations in The 1990s1994

    Most of the present members of the United Nations are former colonies that gained political independence through direct or indirect involvement of the United Nations. In 1945, more than 750 million people lived in non-self-governing territories of various kinds: by 1990, after Namibia gained its independence in a world that had undergone rapid growth of its population, fewer than two million lived in the remaining 18 dependent territories.

  • The Collective Security Idea and Changing World Politics

    Leon Gordenker, Thomas G Wei et al.CHAPTERCollective Security in a Changing…1993

  • Collective Security in a Changing World

    Mohammed Ayoob, Lincoln P Bloomfield et al.BOOKCollective Security in a Changing…1993

    The authors analyze institutional mechanisms in the United Nations and in regional organizations that exist to deal with threats to peace, and also examine what the U.S. response should be to the evolving opportunity to strengthen collective security

  • The United Nations in the 1990s

    Andrew J Pierre, Peter Baehr et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1993

  • The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Internationalism

    Open AccessLeon GordenkerCHAPTERFdr and His Contemporaries1992

    Franklin Roosevelt's ideas and decisions about world politics influenced and shaped the world that lived on after him far more than most statesmen could hope to do. But no one person, whatever his skill, insight, intelligence, and position, has ever come close to determining all that comes after him. Even the creation of institutions to give practical effect to ideas and policies by itself cannot guarantee future behavior.KeywordsForeign PolicySe…

  • Sheathing the Sword

    Open AccessLeon GordenkerARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1991

    Foreword by James S. Sutterlin Preface A Paradoxical Peace Article 99: The Option and the Obligation The Struggle to Know and to Say: Trygve Lie The Struggle Continues: Dag Hammarskjold Thant and Waldheim: The Struggle Ebbs The Struggle Renewed: Javier Perez de Cuellar Reform and Renewal Watchman of the Peace: The Theoretical Stages of the Secretary-General's Preventive Role Global Watch: Towards a Comprehensive System of Conflict Identification …

  • Refugees in International Politics

    R A Stainsby, Leon GordenkerARTICLEInternational Migration Review1989

  • Humanitarian Emergencies and Military Help

    Open AccessLeon Gordenker, Thomas G Wei et al.ARTICLEDisasters1989Cited by: 1References: 1

    In 1988 the International Peace Academy, New York, sponsored a study exploring the interface between security and the delivery of humanitarian aid. The aim was to evaluate the possible use of military help to support humanitarian relief workers during armed conflicts. As part of this pioneering work, the authors of this paper discuss the conceptual questions that must be raised before dealing with the associated practical difficulties. It examine…

  • Refugees in International Politics

    Barry N Stein, Leon GordenkerARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1988

  • Early Warning of Disastrous Population Movement

    Open AccessLeon GordenkerARTICLEInternational Migration Review1986Cited by: 2

    This article undertakes to analyze existing and potential early warning facilities in man-made disasters which induce forced movement of people. It sets out some possible forms of early warning and the organizational options connected with them. It concludes that a mixed form of organization, combining some existing facilities and some modest new organization, could provide early warning, although this function would operate in a difficult and de…

  • Early Warning of Disastrous Population Movement

    Leon GordenkerARTICLEInternational Migration Review1986Cited by: 2

  • The United Nations

    Michael M Gunter, Peter Baehr et al.ARTICLEAmerican Political Science Review1985Cited by: 1

  • The United Nations and Its Members

    Open AccessLeon GordenkerARTICLEInternational Journal Canada s…1984Cited by: 2

    To the degree that the United Nations gets much serious consideration from its member states, the government of each of the 158 members probably perceives the organization in a rather different way. But one generalization that has always held for the institution built after the Second World War to prevent a third is that all governments treat the organization as their creature, not vice versa. A second generalization of similar validity suggests …

  • The United Nations

    John C Campbell, Peter Baehr et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1984