Environment, Security and UN Reform

This is a study of international relations theory and the role of the United Nations in international environmental negotiations. The book links discussion of three issues: the persistence of third-world debt; the environmental abuse of the global commons; and the financial and institutional crises within the UN system. It includes a summary of both the achievements and limitations of the 1992 Rio Summit (UNCED) and cocludes with far-reaching proposals for the restructuring of UN activities.