| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 230 pages) |
| Series |
Manchester International Relations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The theoretical framework and research design; The outline of the book; Notes; 1 A history of UN peacekeeping; The UN and the maintenance of international peace and security; The first generation: UN peacekeeping 1947-87; The first period: UN peacekeeping from 1947-56; The second period 1956-67; The third period 1967-87; The second generation: UN peacekeeping from 1988 to 2014; The first period 1988-95; The second period 1995-99; The third period 1999-2014 |
|
Characteristics of peacekeeping operationsNotes; 2 New thinking: UN peacekeeping and the end of the Cold War 1988-91; The strange alliance and the renewal of the debate on peacekeeping; Traditional peacekeeping in new times; The Gulf War: enforcement by the Charter; Cambodia: inventing a new model for peacekeeping in the land of genocide; Resources for the new peacekeeping operations; The change in the support to UN peacekeeping after the Cold War; Notes; 3 Agenda for peacekeeping 1992-93; UN peacekeeping as panacea to intrastate conflicts; The use of peacekeeping to tame intrastate conflicts |
|
Cambodia: From transitional to legitimisation peacekeepingFormer Yugoslavia: mismanaged disintegration; Somalia: from traditional peacekeeping to peacebuilding; Support for the changes in peacekeeping; Notes; 4 The failure of peacekeeping as a panacea to civil wars 1993-95; The victory of old politics over new models; The international rift over the concept of peacekeeping; The pressure for reform of the Security Council; Revision of the new concept; Mind the gap between theory and practice in UN peacekeeping operations; Multinational force and regional organisations; The UN financial crisis |
|
Somalia: from peacebuilding to collapsed operationFormer Yugoslavia: from protection of civilians to protection of interests; Croatia; Bosnia; Notes; Conclusion; In summary; Notes; Bibliography; Online secondary sources; Index |
| Summary |
'The late 1980s and early 1990s saw a major shift in the United Nations' position in the world. Having been side-lined for most of the Cold War years, the organisation suddenly returned to the international centre stage. Large, multidimensional peacekeeping operations were a catalyst in this process. This book explores the change in the UN's role through an analysis of the evolving theory and practice of peacekeeping operations from 1988 to 1995. It uses General Assembly, Security Council and UN Secretariat documents on Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia and Somalia to evaluate the realignment of member states as they work on different issues in peacekeeping, including democratisation, humanitarian aid, the resettlement of refugees, the demobilisation of armed forces, economic development and the advancement of good government. Each chapter provides alternative perspectives on the motivation, execution and outcome of UN operations - exposing the political tensions of peacekeeping in a post-Cold War world, where international conflict resolution often clashes with the pursuit of national self-interest. The United Nations and peacekeeping, 1988-95 will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, peacekeeping and the United Nations itself' --Back cover |
|
Using more than 600 UN documents that analyse the discussions in the UN Security Council, General Assembly and Secretariat, The United Nations and peacekeeping, 1988-95 presents innovative explanations on how after the Cold War UN peacekeeping operations became the dominant response to conflicts around the globe. This study offers a vivid description of these changes through the analysis of the evolution in the concept and practice of United Nations peacekeeping operations from 1988 to 1995. The research is anchored primarily in United Nations documents, which were produced following the diplomatic discussions that took place in the General Assembly, the Security Council and the UN Secretariat on the subject of peacekeeping in general and in the cases of Cambodia, Former Yugoslavia and Somalia in particular. These large and complex operations were the testing ground for the new roles of peacekeeping in democratisation, humanitarian aid, resettlement of refugees, demobilisation of armed forces, economic development and advancement of good government |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-222) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces.
|
| SUBJECT |
United Nations fast |
| Subject |
Peacekeeping forces -- Political aspects -- 20th century
|
|
Peace-building -- Political aspects -- 20th century
|
|
LAW -- International.
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
|
|
Peacekeeping forces
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
1526100347 |
|
9781526100344 |
|
1526100339 |
|
9781526100337 |
|
9781526109798 |
|
1526109794 |
|
