The transformation of UN conflict management : producing images of genocide from Rwanda to Darfur and beyond / Touko Piiparinen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piiparinen, Touko.

Series:

Routledge Research on International Organisations

Routledge research on international organisations ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

United Nations Rwanda.

United Nations--Sudan.

Conflict management--International cooperation.

Conflict management.

Genocide--Rwanda--Prevention.

Genocide.

Genocide--Sudan--Darfur--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The world has vowed ""Never again"" in memory of the 800,000 Rwandans and other groups slaughtered by génocidaires. Yet, ever since the Holocaust, the international community has repeatedly betrayed its pledge, most notably in 1994 with regard to the Rwandan Tutsi, and again ten years later in Darfur.This book examines how the UN failed to prevent or halt the Rwandan genocide: the most efficient mass killing in history. It offers a new explanation, focussing on the structure of the UN and four mechanisms which were pertinent to UN conflict management at that time: early warn

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Rwanda, the genocide of our time; 2 A critical realist approach to conflict management; 3 UN conflict management of the 1990s; 4 Explanatory theories of the UN's failure; 5 Early warning; 6 Bureaucratic mechanisms; 7 Future visions of conflict management; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-20287-7

0-203-87067-0

9780203870679

OCLC:

664231116