
New Un Peacekeeping
Building Peace In Lands Of Conflict After The Cold War
Steven R. Ratner(Author)
Palgrave MacMillan (Publisher)
Published on 14. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 322 pages
978-0-312-12415-1 (ISBN)
Description
As the United Nations passes its fiftieth anniversary, it has undergone a sea change in its approach toward peacekeeping. Originally a stopgap measure to preserve a cease-fire, peacekeeping has, since the waning of the Cold War, become a means to implement an agreed political solution to conflict between antagonists. Placed inside war-torn states, UN peacekeepers have encountered manifold new challenges through oversight of elections, protection of human rights, and reconstructing of governmental administration. In this study, Steven R. Ratner offers a comprehensive framework for scholars, policy-makers, and all those seeking to understand this new peacekeeping. He sees the UN as an administrator, mediator, and guarantor of political settlements - roles that can conflict when peace accords unravel, as is all too common. He describes the numerous actors, inside and outside the UN, who are engaged in this process, often with competing interests. And in historical review, beginning with the League of Nations, he reveals many striking precedents long before the 1990s. In the central case-study, Ratner applies his thesis to the most ambitious UN operation completed, the Cambodia mission of 1991-93. After reconstructing the process leading to the massive UN role, he reviews and appraises its performance, offering a sophisticated critique demonstrating the dangers of quick 'success' or 'failure' verdicts. With the experiences of those operations in mind, he concludes with a set of compelling recommendations for the UN's members.
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Edition
1995 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIV, 322 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-12415-1 (9780312124151)
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Book
03/1995
Palgrave Macmillan
€39.00
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