1st Edition

Peacebuilding From Concept to Commission

By Robert Jenkins Copyright 2013
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

The emergence of The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2005 was the culmination of a long and contentious process. In this work Rob Jenkins provides a concise introduction that traces the origins and evolution of peacebuilding as a concept, the creation and functioning of the PBC as an institution, and the complicated relationship between these two processes. Jenkins discusses... Read more

Introduction  1. Peacebuilding: A contested and evolving concept  2. The UN peacebuilding architecture: structure, mandate, and origins  3. Institutional survival: the peacebuilding architecture in action, 2006-2008  4. Institutional revival: the peacebuilding architecture in action, 2008-2010  5. Conclusion

Biography

Rob Jenkins is Professor of Political Science at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at The City University of New York. Formerly Professor of Politics at the University of London, he has published widely on Indian politics, movements for democratic accountability, and the politics of international economic and security assistance.