Margaret P Karns
Biographic Data
| ID | 1200818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret P Karns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret P |
| FAMILY NAME | Karns |
| SIGNATURE | KARNS M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance USA Boston, Massachusetts |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9870-9736 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Aspiration to Commitment: The UN’s “Long March” toward Gender Equality
Gender equality has long been a goal within the UN system, particularly for women’s representation among the professional staff. Yet it was more an aspiration than the target of serious action, let alone with leadership from the UN Secretary-General. It could not be addressed, however, without adequate data revealing women’s absences. Building a dataset based on Human Resources Statistics Reports has enabled the authors to show the patterns in th…
Introduction: Looking Back to Look Forward
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945 invites us to look back at the achievement of creating this new organization even before the guns had fallen silent in World War II. It also prompts us to ask: Where is the organization today? How well has it fulfilled and is it still fulfilling the high ideals of its Charter? Even more importantly, how confident can we be that what has grown into the complex UN system wi…
The United Nations at Seventy-Five: Where Are the Women in The United Nations Now
Following the unsuccessful attempt to get a woman appointed as UN secretary-general in 2016 and the drop in women in senior posts in 2015, it appeared that gender equality at the UN was as distant as ever. Yet, gender equality within the Secretariat and UN system has been on the organization's agenda since 1970, with goals and target dates set for the level of women's participation and achievement. These have been met in some issue areas (for exa…
General Assemblies and Assemblies of States Parties
In December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) replaced the United Nations Environment Programme's Governing Council with the larger, universal membership United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This major step for UNEP demonstrates the continuing strength of an idea that took root in the mid-19th century, namely the importance of assemblies of all member states as primary governing bo…
A Pivotal Moment in Global Governance? Looking Back to Look Forward
Multilateralism Matters Even More
The next U.S. president will face a world in which multilateral institutions and diplomacy matter far more than at any time in the past. This importance arises from the nature of many contemporary issues, the proliferation in number and importance of nonstate actors, and the evolution of international diplomatic practice with the growth of multilateralism and pieces of global governance. This article addresses the broad need for U.S. foreign poli…
International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The Politics and Processes of Global Governance Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2004. xvi, 6o3pp, US$69.95 cloth (ISBN 1-55587-987-X), US$32.50 paper (ISBN 1-55587-963-2)THE G8, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND CONFLICT PREVENTION Edited by John J. Kirton and Radoslava N. Stefanova Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2004. xxvi, 334pp, US$99.95 doth (ISBN 0-7546-0879-4)The old international relations question,…
Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis
Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis. By Sandra Whitworth. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2004. 225p. $49.95.The rapid expansion in United Nations peacekeeping operations in the 1990s has inevitably led to official and scholarly scrutiny of their efficacy and shortcomings. Sandra Whitworth offers a critical eye and questions of gendered analysis by studying the subjects of the UN's peacekeeping operation in Cambodia, whose prese…
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Ad hoc multilateral diplomacy: The United States, the Contact Group, and Namibia
In April 1977 the United States and four other major Western governments embarked on a unique diplomatic exercise in the hope of negotiating an agreement for the independence of the territory of Namibia, or South West Africa. The “Contact Group” as it became known (or Western Five), consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and the Federal Republic of Germany, functioned actively from April 1977 until mid-1982 as an ad …
Ad hoc multilateral diplomacy: The United States, the Contact Group, and Namibia
In April 1977 the United States and four other major Western governments embarked on a unique diplomatic exercise in the hope of negotiating an agreement for the independence of the territory of Namibia, or South West Africa. The “Contact Group” as it became known (or Western Five), consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and the Federal Republic of Germany, functioned actively from April 1977 until mid-1982 as an ad …
International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The Politics and Processes of Global Governance Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2004. xvi, 6o3pp, US$69.95 cloth (ISBN 1-55587-987-X), US$32.50 paper (ISBN 1-55587-963-2)THE G8, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND CONFLICT PREVENTION Edited by John J. Kirton and Radoslava N. Stefanova Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2004. xxvi, 334pp, US$99.95 doth (ISBN 0-7546-0879-4)The old international relations question,…
The United Nations at Seventy-Five: Where Are the Women in The United Nations Now
Following the unsuccessful attempt to get a woman appointed as UN secretary-general in 2016 and the drop in women in senior posts in 2015, it appeared that gender equality at the UN was as distant as ever. Yet, gender equality within the Secretariat and UN system has been on the organization's agenda since 1970, with goals and target dates set for the level of women's participation and achievement. These have been met in some issue areas (for exa…
Introduction: Looking Back to Look Forward
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945 invites us to look back at the achievement of creating this new organization even before the guns had fallen silent in World War II. It also prompts us to ask: Where is the organization today? How well has it fulfilled and is it still fulfilling the high ideals of its Charter? Even more importantly, how confident can we be that what has grown into the complex UN system wi…
Ad hoc multilateral diplomacy: The United States, the Contact Group, and Namibia
In April 1977 the United States and four other major Western governments embarked on a unique diplomatic exercise in the hope of negotiating an agreement for the independence of the territory of Namibia, or South West Africa. The “Contact Group” as it became known (or Western Five), consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and the Federal Republic of Germany, functioned actively from April 1977 until mid-1982 as an ad …
Section News
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis
Men, Militarism, and UN Peacekeeping: A Gendered Analysis. By Sandra Whitworth. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2004. 225p. $49.95.The rapid expansion in United Nations peacekeeping operations in the 1990s has inevitably led to official and scholarly scrutiny of their efficacy and shortcomings. Sandra Whitworth offers a critical eye and questions of gendered analysis by studying the subjects of the UN's peacekeeping operation in Cambodia, whose prese…
International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The Politics and Processes of Global Governance Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2004. xvi, 6o3pp, US$69.95 cloth (ISBN 1-55587-987-X), US$32.50 paper (ISBN 1-55587-963-2)THE G8, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND CONFLICT PREVENTION Edited by John J. Kirton and Radoslava N. Stefanova Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2004. xxvi, 334pp, US$99.95 doth (ISBN 0-7546-0879-4)The old international relations question,…
Multilateralism Matters Even More
The next U.S. president will face a world in which multilateral institutions and diplomacy matter far more than at any time in the past. This importance arises from the nature of many contemporary issues, the proliferation in number and importance of nonstate actors, and the evolution of international diplomatic practice with the growth of multilateralism and pieces of global governance. This article addresses the broad need for U.S. foreign poli…
General Assemblies and Assemblies of States Parties
In December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) replaced the United Nations Environment Programme's Governing Council with the larger, universal membership United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This major step for UNEP demonstrates the continuing strength of an idea that took root in the mid-19th century, namely the importance of assemblies of all member states as primary governing bo…
A Pivotal Moment in Global Governance? Looking Back to Look Forward
Introduction: Looking Back to Look Forward
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945 invites us to look back at the achievement of creating this new organization even before the guns had fallen silent in World War II. It also prompts us to ask: Where is the organization today? How well has it fulfilled and is it still fulfilling the high ideals of its Charter? Even more importantly, how confident can we be that what has grown into the complex UN system wi…
The United Nations at Seventy-Five: Where Are the Women in The United Nations Now
Following the unsuccessful attempt to get a woman appointed as UN secretary-general in 2016 and the drop in women in senior posts in 2015, it appeared that gender equality at the UN was as distant as ever. Yet, gender equality within the Secretariat and UN system has been on the organization's agenda since 1970, with goals and target dates set for the level of women's participation and achievement. These have been met in some issue areas (for exa…
From Aspiration to Commitment: The UN’s “Long March” toward Gender Equality
Gender equality has long been a goal within the UN system, particularly for women’s representation among the professional staff. Yet it was more an aspiration than the target of serious action, let alone with leadership from the UN Secretary-General. It could not be addressed, however, without adequate data revealing women’s absences. Building a dataset based on Human Resources Statistics Reports has enabled the authors to show the patterns in th…
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