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The United Nations Development Programme and System
This volume provides a short and accessible introduction to the organization that serves as the primary coordinator of the work of the UN system throughout the developing world -the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The book:
traces the origins and evolution of UNDP, outlining how a central UN funding mechanism and field network developed into a more comprehensive development agency
evaluates the UNDP's performance and results, both in its role as system coordinator and as a development organization in its own right
considers the return of the UNDP to a more central role within the UN development system, in order to review the successive attempts at UN development system reform, the reasons for failure and the future possibilities for a more effective system with the UNDP at the centre.
Offering a clear, comprehensive overview and analysis of the organization, this work will be of great interest to students and scholars of development studies, international organizations and international relations.
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The International Trade Centre
In the era of rapid globalization, the ITC plays a significant and wide ranging role working with both governments and trade support institutions to nurture an export culture, this work will provide a much needed overview of this dynamic organization.
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Details the history of the organization since its inception
Examines its current mandate and the impact of recent reforms
Analyses the ability of the ITC to provide trade intelligence, and its role in the development of national export strategies
Evaluates the future challenges, and emphasises that the ITC must continue to broaden its mandate and continue to be responsive and results orientated to remain a key player
The status of ITC - half-in and half-out of the UN - could prove to be an interesting model for the future, and this work will be of interest to not only to academics but also government trade specialists and negotiators, the \"aid for trade\" donors, NGOs, and those involved in the running of international organizations.
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Jefferson's call for nationhood : the first inaugural address
Widely celebrated in its own time, Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address has been hailed as the Sermon on the Mount of good government. Curiously, this masterpiece-the full text of which is reproduced in this volume-has never received sustained analysis. Here, Browne describes its origins, composition, meaning, and delivery, offering a model of analysis for rhetorical scholars.
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The First Inauguration
\"Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have
filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the
notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the
fourteenth day of the present month.\"
With these words to the assembled members of the Senate and
House of Representatives on April 30, 1789, George Washington
inaugurated the American experiment. It was a momentous occasion
and an immensely important moment for the nation. Never before had
a people dared to invent a system of government quite like the one
that Washington was preparing to lead, and the tensions between
hope and skepticism ran high.
In this book, distinguished scholar of early America Stephen
Howard Browne chronicles the efforts of the first president of the
United States of America to unite the nation through ceremony,
celebrations, and oratory. The story follows Washington on his
journey from Mount Vernon to the site of the inauguration in
Manhattan, recounting the festivities-speeches, parades, dances,
music, food, and flag-waving-that greeted the president-elect along
the way. Considering the persuasive power of this procession,
Browne captures in detail the pageantry, anxiety, and spirit of the
nation to arrive at a more nuanced and richly textured perspective
on what it took to launch the modern republican state.
Compellingly written and artfully argued, The First
Inauguration tells the story of the early republic-and of a
president who, by his words and comportment, provides a model of
leadership and democratic governance for today.
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Angelina Grimke
Abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer, Angelina Grimké (1805-79) was among the first women in American history to seize the public stage in pursuit of radical social reform. "I will lift up my voice like a trumpet," she proclaimed, "and show this people their transgressions." And when she did lift her voice in public, on behalf of the public, she found that, in creating herself, she might transform the world. In the process, Grimké crossed the wires of race, gender, and power, and produced explosions that lit up the world of antebellum reform. Among the most remarkable features of Angelina Grimké's rhetorical career was her ability to stage public contests for the soul of America—bringing opposing ideas together to give them voice, depth, and range to create new and more compelling visions of social change. Angelina Grimké: Rhetoric, Identity, and the Radical Imagination is the first full-length study to explore the rhetorical legacy of this most unusual advocate for human rights. Stephen Browne examines her epistolary and oratorical art and argues that rhetoric gave Grimké a means to fashion not only her message but her very identity as a moral force.
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