Peacekeeping in International Politics

The book focuses on peacekeeping as a device for maintaining international stability, and for remedying situations in which states are in conflict with each other. Alan James examines around fifty cases, explaining the background to each one, and analysing its political significance. There is also a detailed examination of the concept of peacemaking, and a look into its increasing importance in international affairs, emphasised by the fact that the United Nations won the Nobel Peace Prize for its peacekeeping activities.

List of contents

Introduction: The Nature of Peacekeeping - PART 1: BACK-YARD PROBLEMS - PART 2: CLUBHOUSE TROUBLES - PART 3: NEIGHBOURHOOD QUARRELS - PART 4: HIGH-STREET EMBARRASSMENTS - PART 5: DANGEROUS CROSSROADS - Conclusion: The Use of Peacekeeping - Index

Product details

• Authors: Alan James
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1990
• EAN: 9780333539323
• ISBN: 978-0-333-53932-3
• No. of pages: 378
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 21 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 378 p.
• Series: Studies in International Security; Studies in International Secur
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology