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The United Nations and peacekeeping, 1988-95 /

Using more than 600 UN documents that analyse the discussions in the UN Security Council, General Assembly and Secretariat, <i>The United Nations and peacekeeping, 1988-95</i> presents innovative explanations on how after the Cold War UN peacekeeping operations became the dominant respon...

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Autor principal: Kertcher, Chen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • 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.