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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786299003321

Autore

Jenkins Rob <1965-, >

Titolo

Peacebuilding : from concept to commission / / Rob Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-17139-8

0-203-08105-6

1-299-16077-8

1-136-17140-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge global institutions series

Disciplina

341.5/84

Soggetti

Peace-building - History

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

Introduction -- Peacebuilding: a contested and evolving concept -- The UN peacebuilding architecture: structure, mandate, and origins -- Institutional survival: the peacebuilding architecture in action, 2006-2008 -- Institutional revival: the peacebuilding architecture in action, 2008-2010 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The emergence of The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2005 was the culmination of a long and contentious process. In this work Rob Jenkins provides a concise introduction that traces the origins and evolution of peacebuilding as a concept, the creation and functioning of the PBC as an institution, and the complicated relationship between these two processes. Jenkins discusses how continued contestation over what exactly peacebuilding is, and how its objectives can most effectively be achieved, influenced the institutional design and de facto functioning of the PBC, it