You, the people [[electronic resource] ] : the United Nations, transitional administration, and state-building / / Simon Chesterman

• Autore: Chesterman Simon
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.584
• Soggetto topico: Postwar reconstruction; Humanitarian intervention
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-285) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Colonies and Occupied Territories: Transitional Administration Through the Twentieth Century; 1. The League of Nations; 1.1. The Mandates System; 1.2. Administration by the League Under the Treaty of Versailles; 1.3. Other Quasi-Administrative Activity by the League; 2. Allied Occupation of Germany, 1945-1949; 2.1. Political Reconstruction; 2.2. War Crimes Trials; 2.3. The Marshall Plan; 3. The United Nations and Decolonization; 3.1. The International Trusteeship System; 3.2. Non-Self-Governing Territories; 4. Conclusion ; 2 Power and Change: The Evolution of United Nations Complex Peace Operations 1. Security Council Administration of Territory in Theory and in Practice; 1.1. The Power of the Council to Administer Territory; 1.2. Reaction and Improvisation; 2. Forms of Transition; 2.1. Decolonization; 2.2. Transfer of Territory; 2.3. Elections; 2.4. Peace Process; 2.5. State Failure; 3. State-Building and the War on Terror; 3.1. Afghanistan and the 'Light Footprint'; 3.2. Operation Iraqi Freedom; 4. Conclusion; 3 Peace and Security: The Use of Force to Maintain Law and Order ; 1. The Use of Force in Peace Operations 1.1. From Self-Defense to Defense of the Mission; 1.2. Peacekeeping After the End of the Cold War; 2. Emergency Law and Order; 2.1. Law and Order in UN Peace Operations; 2.2. The Need for Doctrine; 2.3. Model Rules of Engagement; 3. Conclusion; 4 Consultation and Accountability: Building Democracy Through Benevolent Autocracy; 1. Consultation with Local Actors; 1.1. Consultation in the Balkans; 1.2. Consultation in East Timor; 1.3. Consultation and Responsibility; 2. Accountability of International Actors; 2.1. Existing Mechanisms ; 2.2. Do as I Say, Not as I Do 2.3. Other Forms of Accountability; 3. Conclusion; 5 Justice and Reconciliation: The Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Territories; 1. No Justice Without Peace?; 2. Kosovo: Justice in Limbo; 2.1. Applicable Law; 2.2. Executive Detentions; 2.3. Kosovo in Limbo; 3. East Timor: Post-Colonial Justice; 3.1. 'Timorizing' the Judiciary; 3.2. Infrastructure and Support; 3.3. Serious Crimes; 3.4. East Timor in Transition; 4. Afghanistan: Justice and the 'Light Footprint'; 4.1. Applicable Law; 4.2. Human Rights and Transitional Justice; 4.3. Justice Sector ; 4.4. Tiptoeing Through Afghanistan 5. Conclusion; 6 Relief and Reconstruction: The Politics of Humanitarian and Development Assistance; 1. Charity with Interest; 1.1. The Purposes of Assistance; 1.2. Disbursement of Funds; 1.3. Donor Policies; 2. Ownership; 2.1. Trust Funds; 2.2. Local Control in Afghanistan; 3. Perverse Effects; 4. Conclusion; 7 Elections and Exit Strategies: No Exit Without a Strategy, or No Strategy Without an Exit?; 1. Timing of Elections; 2. Institutions and Processes; 2.1. Constitutional Structures; 2.2. Electoral Systems; 2.3. Political Parties ; 3. Elections, Exits, and Strategies
• Sommario/riassunto: The governance of post-conflict territories embodies a central contradiction - how does one help a population prepare for democratic governance and the rule of law by imposing a form of benevolent autocracy? This book explores the transitional administrations put in place by the UN.
• Titolo autorizzato: You, the people
• ISBN: 0-19-928400-8; 1-4356-1428-3; 1-281-34598-9; 9786611345983; 0-19-153630-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456126103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Project of the International Peace Academy.