International intervention in ethnic conflict : a comparison of the European Union and the United Nations / Etain Tannam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tannam, Etain, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management--International cooperation.

Conflict management.

Ethnic conflict.

Physical Description:

xii, 199 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) have become increasingly involved in conflict resolution, yet they are rarely compared systematically. This book focuses on the role of bureaucracies in the (EU) and the (UN) when dealing with conflict. Tannam's comparative analysis of EU and UN's policy-making procedures explores how and why they differ from each other, arguing that the UN Secretariat and the European Commission have autonomy under certain conditions and that reducing explanations of EU and UN's policy outcomes to 'political will', or to the preferences of member states is inaccurate. This unique empirical study, enhanced by interviews with practitioners, will be a valuable resource for scholars of International Relations, Peace Studies and Comparative Politics. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 International Intervention, Ethnic Conflict and Theory 1

2 The EU and UN: Institutional Frameworks and Conflict Resolution 20

3 The EU, UN and Conflict Resolution: Overview 47

4 Northern Ireland 66

5 Cyprus 86

6 Kosovo and Serbia 118

7 Conclusion 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index.

ISBN:

9780230273351

0230273351

OCLC:

870285481