1st Edition
Twisting Arms and Flexing Muscles Humanitarian Intervention and Peacebuilding in Perspective
By Timothy M. Shaw
Copyright 2005
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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Military force is considered essentially a non-military pursuit in international relations, specifically, humanitarian intervention and peacebuilding. This coherent and interrelated study makes an important contribution to the existing literature by concentrating on empirical analyses. It is illustrated by key case studies which consider the complexities and dynamics associated with the... Read more
Contents: List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction, Natalie Mychajlyszyn; International politics, local conflicts and intervention, S. Neil MacFarlane; Human insecurity and problematic peacekeeping in Africa: beyond 'Blood Diamonds' and HIV/AIDS, Timothy M. Shaw; Short-term gain, long-term pain: an assessment of United Nations chapter VII activities in Central Africa, Robert Astroff and David Meren; Twisting one arm: the effects of biased intervenors, David Carment and Dane Rowlands; Twisting arms or shaking hands? how to put peacekeepers out of business, David Last; Strange bedfellows in humanitarian crises: NGOs and the military, Donna Winslow; Conclusion: dilemmas of peacekeeping at the start of the twenty-first century, Timothy M. Shaw and Natalie Mychajlyszyn; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Natalie Mychajlyszyn is currently a Senior Program Manager of Research Development at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Canada. Her previous position was Assistant Professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Timothy M. Shaw is Professor of Commonwealth Governance and Development, and Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.
