0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Peacekeeping operations

Buy Now

The New World of UN Peace Operations - Learning to Build Peace? (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R3,598
Discovery Miles 35 980
The New World of UN Peace Operations - Learning to Build Peace? (Hardcover, New): Thorsten Benner, Stephan Mergenthaler,...

The New World of UN Peace Operations - Learning to Build Peace? (Hardcover, New)

Thorsten Benner, Stephan Mergenthaler, Philipp Rotmann

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R3,598 Discovery Miles 35 980 | Repayment Terms: R337 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

Peace operations are the UN's flagship activity. Over the past decade, UN blue helmets have been dispatched to ever more challenging environments from the Congo to Timor to perform an expanding set of tasks. From protecting civilians in the midst of violent conflict to rebuilding state institutions after war, a new range of tasks has transformed the business of the blue helmets into an inherently knowledge-based venture. But all too often, the UN blue helmets, policemen, and other civilian officials have been "flying blind" in their efforts to stabilize countries ravaged by war. The UN realized the need to put knowledge, guidance and doctrine, and reflection on failures and successes at the center of the institution.
Building on an innovative multi-disciplinary framework, The New World of UN Peace Operations provides a first comprehensive account of learning in peacekeeping. Covering the crucial past decade of expansion in peace operations, it zooms into a dozen cases of attempted learning across four crucial domains: police assistance, judicial reform, reintegration of former combatants, and mission integration. Throughout the different cases, the book analyzes the role of key variables as enablers and stumbling blocks for learning: bureaucratic politics, the learning infrastructure, leadership as well as power and interests of member states. Building on five years of research and access to key documents and decision-makers, it presents a vivid portrait of an international bureaucracy struggling to turn itself into a learning organization. Aimed at policy-makers, diplomats, and a wide academic audience (including those working in international relations, peace research, political science, public administration, and organizational sociology), The New World of UN Peace Operations is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the evolution of modern peace operations.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2011
First published: June 2011
Authors: Thorsten Benner • Stephan Mergenthaler • Philipp Rotmann
Dimensions: 238 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 262
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-959488-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration
Books > Law > International law > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Peacekeeping operations
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > United Nations & UN agencies
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-959488-0
Barcode: 9780199594887

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Peace Formation and Political Order in…
Oliver P. Richmond Hardcover R3,985 Discovery Miles 39 850
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural…
Carl Bruch, David Jensen, … Paperback R11,665 Discovery Miles 116 650
Blood Money - Stories Of An Ex-Recce's…
Johan Raath Paperback  (2)
R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680
U.S. Peacefare - Organizing American…
Dane F. Smith Hardcover R1,753 Discovery Miles 17 530
Gender, Sex and the Postnational Defense…
Annica Kronsell Hardcover R3,238 Discovery Miles 32 380
East Timor Intervention - A…
John Ed. Blaxland Paperback R1,312 Discovery Miles 13 120
Syria and the Neutrality Trap - The…
Carsten Wieland Hardcover R2,690 Discovery Miles 26 900
Peacekeeping in the Abyss - British and…
Robert M. Cassidy Hardcover R2,509 Discovery Miles 25 090
Managing World Order - United Nations…
Richard Alqaq Hardcover R4,233 Discovery Miles 42 330
Post-War Prostitution - Human…
Roos de Wildt Hardcover R2,887 Discovery Miles 28 870
Peace Maintenance in Africa - Open Legal…
Giovanni Cellamare, Ivan Ingravallo Hardcover R4,106 Discovery Miles 41 060
The Uncertain Transition from Stability…
Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, … Paperback R1,031 Discovery Miles 10 310

See more

Partners