Understanding peacekeeping / Alex J. Bellamy, Paul Williams, Stuart Griffin.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity Press ; Blackwell Pub., 2004Description: xvii, 325 pISBN:- 074563057X (hb : alk. paper)
- 0745630588 (pb : alk. paper)
- 341.584 21
- JZ6374 .B45 2004
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Concepts and Issues -- 1. Peacekeeping in Global Politics -- 2. Who are the Peacekeepers? -- Pt. 2. Historical Development -- 3. The Early Peacekeepers -- 4. Peacekeeping after the Cold War -- Pt. 3. Types of Peacekeeping -- 5. Traditional Peacekeeping -- 6. Managing Transition -- 7. Wider Peacekeeping -- 8. Peace Enforcement -- 9. Peace-Support Operations -- Pt. 4. Contemporary Challenges -- 10. Globalization -- 11. Subcontracting -- 12. Transitional Administrations -- 13. Preventing Violent Conflict -- App. UN Peacekeeping Operations.
"Understanding Peacekeeping provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, practice and politics of contemporary peacekeeping. It evaluates the changing characteristics of the contemporary environment in which peacekeepers operate, what role peacekeeping plays in wider processes of global politics, the growing impact on non-state actors and the major challenges facing peacekeepers in the future." "Understanding Peacekeeping will be essential reading for students and scholars of peace and conflict studies, security studies and international relations."--BOOK JACKET.
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