The United Nations, peace and security : from collective security to the responsibility to protect / Ramesh Thakur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thakur, Ramesh, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Security, International.

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

International relations.

Responsibility to protect (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 388 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The United Nations, Peace & Security

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Preventing humanitarian atrocities is becoming as important for the United Nations as dealing with inter-state war. In this book, Ramesh Thakur examines the transformation in UN operations, analysing its changing role and structure. He asks why, when and how force may be used and argues that the growing gulf between legality and legitimacy is evidence of an eroded sense of international community. He considers the tension between the US, with its capacity to use force and project power, and the UN, as the centre of the international law enforcement system. He asserts the central importance of the rule of law and of a rules-based order focused on the UN as the foundation of a civilised system of international relations. This book will be of interest to students of the UN and international organisations in politics, law and international relations departments, as well as policymakers in the UN and other NGOs.

Contents:

COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Authority, power, legitimacy; Ideas and norms as drivers of policy; The changing world context; 1 Pacific settlement, collective security and international peacekeeping; 2 Peace operations and the UN-US relationship; 3 Human security; 4 Human rights: civil society and the United Nations; 5 International criminal justice; 6 International sanctions; 7 The nuclear threat; 8 International terrorism; 9 Kosovo 1999; 10 Iraq's challenge to world order

11 The responsibility to protect12 Developing countries and the eroding non-intervention norm; 13 Reforming the United Nations; 14 The political role of the United Nations Secretary-General; Conclusion: at the crossroads of ideals and reality; The use of force; Legality and legitimacy; The UN-US pas de deux; The United Nations as a bridge between the North and the global South; The rule of law; The romantics and the cynics; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16601-2

1-280-48021-1

0-511-22064-2

0-511-22126-6

0-511-21929-6

0-511-31696-8

0-511-75599-6

0-511-21997-0

OCLC:

173258098