1st Edition
UN-Tied Nations The United Nations, Peacekeeping and Global Governance
By Kate Seaman
Copyright 2014
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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With the recent developments in Syria the United Nations is once again making headlines. The failure to reach an agreement on a Security Council resolution demonstrates the continued problems in forging a coherent international response to crisis situations. This lack of coherence continues despite recognition of the need for more cooperation to solve the growing list of global problems. With the... Read more
Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 The United Nations, Global Governance and Peacekeeping. Where Does the United Nations Fit?; Chapter 2 The Impact of Global Governance on United Nations Interventions in Violent Conflicts; Chapter 3 Legitimacy and Power; Chapter 4 Democratisation; Chapter 5 Challenging Sovereignty; Chapter 6 The Responsibility to Protect; Chapter 7 The End of Legitimate Interventions?; Conclusion;
Biography
Kate Seaman, University of Bath, UK.
A Yankee Book Peddler UK Core Title for 2014 ’As peacekeepers engage with peace-building in intensely divided post-conflict environments, they find themselves labouring in the engine room of other societies' political systems. Should peacekeeping become a form of governance, and if it does, what becomes of the original enterprise of peacekeeping? Kate Seaman's book argues that peacekeeping has been degraded and delegitimised by its encounter with global governance. She supports this argument with interviews with prominent policy-makers, a wide ranging review of the literature on peacekeeping and global governance, and case studies. This book makes a critical contribution to the debate about how peacekeeping and global governance should evolve.’ Hugh Miall, University of Kent, UK ’Conceptually informed and empirically rich, Seaman skilfully unpacks recent developments in UN peace-keeping through the lens of global governance theory. This incisive work brings together and synthesises the -at times - confounding array of voices surrounding the utility of UN peace-keeping operations and brings an impressive degree of clarity to a frequently opaque discussion. The analysis presented is compelling, at times provocative and always illuminating.’ Feargal Cochrane, Conflict Analysis Research Centre, University of Kent, UK
