Stabilization operations, security and development : states of fragility / / edited by Robert Muggah

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452795803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-135-04448-1; 0-203-64151-5; 1-135-04449-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Collana: Studies in conflict, development and peacebuilding
• Altri autori (Persone): MuggahRobert
• Disciplina: 355.02/8
• Soggetti: Armed Forces - Operations other than war; Postwar reconstruction; Intervention (International law); Electronic books.; United States Armed Forces Stability operations Case studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Stabilization Operations, Security and Development; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Evolution of Stabilization Concepts and Praxis; 2 Humanitarian and Development Aid in the Context of Stabilization: Blurring the Lines and Broadening the Gap; 3 Reflections on United Nations-led Stabilization: Late Peacekeeping, Early Peacebuilding or Something Else?; 4 Promoting Interim Stabilization in Fragile Settings: FromTheory to Practice; 5 Afghanistan's Stabilization Program: Hope in a Dystopian Sea?6 Securing Peace and Promoting Stability in Western Pakistan; 7 Stabilization in Practice: The Somali Case; 8 Setting the Conditions for Victory? US Military Hearts and Minds Operations in Northeastern Kenya; 9 Stabilization Next Door: Mexico's US-backed Security Intervention; 10 Collateral Damage: Urban Centers and Internally Displaced Persons in Post-demobilization Colombia; 11 Paving the Hills and Leveling the Streets: Counter-insurgency in Rio de Janeiro; 12 Stabilizing a Victor's Peace? Humanitarian Action and Reconstruction ; in Eastern Sri LankaConclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>This edited volume provides a critical overview of the new stabilization agenda in international relations.</P><P></P><P>The primary focus of so-called stability operations since 9/11 has been Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Covering the wider picture, this volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the new agenda, including the expansion of efforts in Latin America, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia. By harnessing the findings of studies undertaken in Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan and Sri Lanka, the vo