Inside the Un Security Council - Legitimation Practices and Darfur

Inside the UN Security Council analyses informal practices within Security Council decision-making, both in general and focused on the case of Darfur in the west of Sudan, to pull back the curtain on decision-making.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Influence in the UN Security Council


• 2: Legitimation Practices


• 3: On the Ground in Darfur


• 4: The Politics of Agenda-setting


• 5: Inching Towards Sanctions


• 6: The UN Security Council's First Referral to the ICC


• 7: Peacekeeping and the Challenge of Consent


• Conclusion

About the author

Dr Jess Gifkins is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research is on the United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect, with projects on practices, the UK at the UN, queering atrocity prevention, and early warning of atrocity crimes. Her article with Professor Jason Ralph won 'Best Article for 2017' in the European Journal of International Relations, and she has also published research in International Affairs, Cooperation and Conflict, Global Governance, Global Responsibility to Protect, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and the Australian Journal of International Affairs among other outlets.

Summary

Inside the UN Security Council analyses informal practices within Security Council decision-making, both in general and focused on the case of Darfur in the west of Sudan, to pull back the curtain on decision-making.

Product details

• Authors: Jess Gifkins, Jess (Senior Lecturer in International Re Gifkins
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2023
• EAN: 9780192869029
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286902-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, International institutions, United Nations & Un Agencies