Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428943625
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
U.N. peacekeeping transition strategies for postconflict countries lack resultsoriented measures of progress.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428943625
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Can Might Make Rights?
Author: Jane StromsethPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139458701
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
This book looks at why it's so difficult to create 'the rule of law' in post-conflict societies such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and offers critical insights into how policy-makers and field-workers can improve future rule of law efforts. A must-read for policy-makers, field-workers, journalists and students trying to make sense of the international community's problems in Iraq and elsewhere, this book shows how a narrow focus on building institutions such as courts and legislatures misses the more complex cultural issues that affect societal commitment to the values associated with the rule of law. The authors place the rule of law in context, showing the interconnectedness between the rule of law and other post-conflict priorities, such as reestablishing security. The authors outline a pragmatic, synergistic approach to the rule of law which promises to reinvigorate debates about transitions to democracy and post-conflict reconstruction.
UN Peace Operations and International Policing
Author: Charles T. HuntPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317801687
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
This book addresses the important question of how the United Nations (UN) should monitor and evaluate the impact of police in its peace operations. UN peace operations are a vital component of international conflict management. Since the end of the Cold War one of the foremost developments has been the rise of UN policing (UNPOL). Instances of UNPOL action have increased dramatically in number and have evolved from passive observation to participation in frontline law enforcement activities. Attempts to ascertain the impact of UNPOL activities have proven inadequate. This book seeks to redress this lacuna by investigating the ways in which the effects of peace operations – and UNPOL in particular – are monitored and evaluated. Furthermore, it aims to develop a framework, tested through field research in Liberia, for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) that enables more effective impact assessment. By enhancing the relationship between field-level M&E and organisational learning this research aims to make an important contribution to the pursuit of more professional and effective UN peace operations. This book will be of much interest to students of peace operations, conflict management, policing, security studies and IR in general.
Towards World Constitutionalism
Author: Ronald St. John MacdonaldPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047415914
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description
The world in which we find ourselves today is no longer governable entirely by resort to the classical system of international law. Even more seriously, it would seem that the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter are no longer being served sufficiently in light of new concerns. The text adopted in 1945 does not convey the image of a world tormented by terrorists. Nor does it reflect the most pressing commitments of our time: to democratic governance, to environmental responsibility, and to a freer and more equitable system of world trade. Increasingly, the international law community acknowledges the need to set new priorities in the development of international law. To that end it seems timely to reconsider the case for strengthening the constitutional framework of norms and institutions that seemed to offer the promise of fulfillment in the second half of the 20th century. The post-Cold War euphoria of the 1990s has virtually evaporated under the stress of new concerns at a time when states comprising the UN system are no longer capable of addressing these challenges. Towards World Constitutionalism argues the case for a more ‘constitutionalized’ system of international law and diplomacy. It is published at a time that the call for reform of the United Nations has become more insistent than at any time in its 60-year history. Even those most faithful to the purposes and principles enunciated in the Charter have had to admit to concerns about the management of certain sectors of the organization; and most concede the unrepresentative character of the powerful Security Council granted legal supremacy as the enforcer of international peace and security. Many go further and complain of unconscionable political bias in the General Assembly and in certain, over politicized, agencies. This collection of essays, by a selection of distinguished scholars representing various traditions of international law, constitutes a major contribution to this debate. It is an important resource for scholars and practitioners, and for all those concerned with the future of international law, and the world community.
Complexity Thinking for Peacebuilding Practice and Evaluation
Author: Emery BrussetPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137601116
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This book covers the design, evaluation, and learning for international interventions aiming to promote peace. More specifically, it reconceptualises this space by critically analysing mainstream approaches – presenting both conceptual and empirical content. This volume offers a variety of original and insightful contributions to the debates grappling with the adoption of complexity thinking. Insights from Complexity Thinking for Peacebuilding Practice and Evaluation addresses the core dilemma that practitioners have to confront: how to function in situations that are fast changing and complex, when equipped with tools designed for neither? How do we reconcile the tension between the use of linear causal logic and the dynamic political transitions that interventions are meant to assist? Readers will be given a rare opportunity to superimpose the latest conceptual innovations with the latest case study applications and from a diverse spectrum of organisational vantage points. This provides the myriad practitioners and consultants in this space with invaluable insights as to how to improve their trade craft, while ensuring policy makers and the accompanying research/academic industry have clearer guidance and innovative thinking. This edited volume provides critically innovative offerings for the audiences that make up this broad area’s practitioners, researchers/academics/educators, and consultants, as well as policy makers.
United Nations reforms progressing, but comprehensive assessments needed to measure impact.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428938613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
United Nations
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
National Security
Author: Thomas WilochPublisher: Information Plus
ISBN: 9780787690793
Category : National security
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
An introduction to national security -- The threat of conventional weapons -- Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) -- Countries of proliferation concern -- Preparing for biological and chemical attacks -- International terrorism -- Domestic terrorism -- Civilian national security infrastructure -- The military, peacekeeping, and national security -- Global dynamics of national security: alliances and resources -- New arenas: organized crime and emerging technologies.
International Journal of Government Auditing
Author: Lessons from Liberia
Author: Erin McCandlessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peace-building
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description