The United Nations and Human Security analyzes the changing peace and security challenges faced by the UN in an evolving international environment that is no longer solely characterized by states and inter-state security. The authors, who comprise both scholars and UN practitioners, cover a wide
The United Nations and Human Security
β Scribed by Edward Newman, Oliver P. Richmond (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 238
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Beyond Peacekeeping?....Pages 3-14
Human Security and Preventive Action Strategies....Pages 15-30
The Limits of UN Multidimensional Peace Operations....Pages 31-46
(Re)building Political Society: the UN and Democratization....Pages 47-64
Refugees, Human Rights and the Issue of Human Security....Pages 65-80
Front Matter....Pages 80-80
Community, Solidarity and Late-Westphalian International Relations....Pages 83-99
Echoes of the Mission Civilisatrice: Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era....Pages 100-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
International Peace and Security and International Criminal Justice....Pages 121-136
Playing with Fire: Humanitarian Intervention Post-Kosovo....Pages 137-150
The UN and Regional Organizations....Pages 151-167
UN Finances: What are the Costs and Who Pays the Bills?....Pages 168-189
Elections and βProtectorate Democracyβ in South-East Europe....Pages 190-207
The UN, Democratic Governance and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Consolidating Peace in Central America....Pages 208-228
Back Matter....Pages 229-231
β¦ Subjects
International Relations; International Organization; Military and Defence Studies
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