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

• Autore: Piiparinen Touko
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.5/8
• Soggetto topico: Conflict management - International cooperation; Genocide - Rwanda - Prevention; Genocide - Sudan - Darfur - Prevention
• 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 génocidaires. 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The transformation of UN conflict management
• ISBN: 1-135-20287-7; 0-203-87067-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784911403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Research on International Organisations