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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784911403321

Autore

Piiparinen Touko

Titolo

The transformation of UN conflict management [[electronic resource] ] : producing images of genocide from Rwanda to Darfur and beyond / / Touko Piiparinen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-135-20287-7

0-203-87067-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Routledge research on international organisations ; 1

Disciplina

341.5/8

Soggetti

Conflict management - International cooperation

Genocide - Rwanda - Prevention

Genocide - Sudan - Darfur - Prevention

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

The world has vowed ""Never again"" in memory of the 800,000 Rwandans and other groups slaughtered by geĢnocidaires. 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