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The World Heritage Regime

By Thomas Schmitt

To Be Published March 1st 2014 by Routledge – 144 pages

Series: Global Institutions

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Description

The World Heritage Regime offers the first detailed analysis of the way the UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 has been implemented. It examines multiple aspects of the UNESCO World Heritage regime, highlighting that heritage issues play a significant role in many disciplines, including architecture, urban planning, geography, conservation and social anthropology.

The book:

  • Outlines the concept of the World Heritage regime and provides a concise historical background

  • Introduces the reader to the central institutions of the World Heritage regime, examining the key functions and working practices

  • Considers the benefits and problems of implementing the regime at the national and local levels, using case studies from around the world

  • Examines the future of the regime, highlighting the importance of inscribing new sites

This work will be of interest to researchers and scholars of international organizations, international relations and culture and heritage studies, and also practitioners in the areas of Heritage protection and Heritage diplomacy.

Contents

Introduction 1. The Idea and Key Concepts of World Heritage 2. The institutions of UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention: an overview 3. The World Heritage Committee observed 4. The national level of the World Heritage system 5. Local implementation of the World Heritage Convention 6. The UNESCO protection category of intangible heritage 7. The UNESCO World Heritage regime from the perspective of regime theory 8.The future of the World Heritage system

Author Bio

Thomas M. Schmitt is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen.

Name: The World Heritage Regime (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: By Thomas Schmitt. The World Heritage Regime offers the first detailed analysis of the way the UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 has been implemented. It examines multiple aspects of the UNESCO World Heritage regime, highlighting that heritage issues play a...
Categories: International Organizations, International Relations, Urban Politics