Legions of Peace: UN Peacekeepers from the Global South
Philip Cunliffe
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Description for Legions of Peace: UN Peacekeepers from the Global South
Hardback. Critically examines the global power relations that underpin the unprecedented deployments of UN peacekeepers from poor and developing countries since the start of the 20thc. Num Pages: 256 pages, figures. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSN1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
The huge number of security forces stationed around the world as United Nations peace- keepers is second only to the global military deployments of the USA. But most UN peace- keepers come from the emerging powers and developing states that comprise the global South. This is the first book to analyse this phenomenon at the international level. Such unprecedented deployments show that peacekeeping is the most widely tolerated use of force in international affairs today. Far from signalling progress towards global governance, Legions of Peace argues that UN peacekeeping must be understood in the context of continuing economic inequality and ... Read more
The huge number of security forces stationed around the world as United Nations peace- keepers is second only to the global military deployments of the USA. But most UN peace- keepers come from the emerging powers and developing states that comprise the global South. This is the first book to analyse this phenomenon at the international level. Such unprecedented deployments show that peacekeeping is the most widely tolerated use of force in international affairs today. Far from signalling progress towards global governance, Legions of Peace argues that UN peacekeeping must be understood in the context of continuing economic inequality and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849042901
SKU
V9781849042901
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99-50
About Philip Cunliffe
Senior Lecturer in International Conflict at the University of Kent. He completed his doctorate at King's College London in 2008.
Reviews for Legions of Peace: UN Peacekeepers from the Global South
'Cunliffe's Legions of Peace is one of the most stimulating works on UN peacekeeping I have read over the last decade. It provides a compelling analysis of UN peacekeeping as a low-risk instrument in the hands of powerful states who sub-contract their security governance role in the unruled world to weaker countries of the Global South. The book will not ... Read more