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Developing Institutional Foundations: Learning in the UN

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A Changing United Nations

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By the late 1930s the League of Nations was in obvious trouble. It was unable to adjust to the pressures for change coming from the international system. It also did not keep pace with broader multilateral developments. The League folded as the Second World War erupted.

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    W. Andy Knight

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Knight, W.A. (2000). Developing Institutional Foundations: Learning in the UN. In: A Changing United Nations. Global Issues Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333984420_4

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