You, The People
The United Nations, Transitional Administration, and State-Building
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 March 2004
- ISBN 9780199263486
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages316 pages
- Size 242x161x20 mm
- Weight 620 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 table 0
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Short description:
Drawing on extensive new field research and interviews with key individuals, Simon Chesterman presents a concise history of UN state-building operations from colonial times to the problems faced in the early 21st century. Through a close examination of topics such as peace and security, the role of the UN as government, judicial reconstruction, economic reconstruction, and exit strategies, this book provides a unique perspective on whether and how to rebuild after war.
MoreLong description:
The governance of post-conflict territories embodies a central contradiction: how does one help a population prepare for democratic governance and the rule of law by imposing a form of benevolent autocracy?
Transitional administrations represent the most complex operations attempted by the United Nations. The operations in East Timor and Kosovo are commonly seen as unique in the history of the UN - perhaps never to be repeated. But they may also be seen as the latest in a series of operations that have involved the United Nations in 'state-building' activities, where it has attempted to develop the institutions of government by assuming some or all of those sovereign powers on a temporary basis. The circumstances that have demanded such interventions certainly will be repeated.
Seen in the context of earlier UN operations, such as those in Namibia, Cambodia, and Eastern Slavonia, the view that these exceptional circumstances may not recur is somewhat disingenuous. Moreover, the need for such policy research has been brought into sharp focus by the weighty but ambiguous role assigned to the UN in Afghanistan and the possibility of a comparable role in Iraq.
This book fills that gap. Aimed at policy-makers, diplomats, and a wide academic audience (including international relations, political science, international law, and war studies), the book provides a concise history of UN state-building operations and a treatment of the five key issues confronting such an operation on the ground: peace and security, the role of the UN as government, judicial reconstruction, economic reconstruction, and exit strategies.
"In 'You, The People', Chesterman provides a detailed and incisive analysis of the history, politics and problems of transitional administrations."
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Colonies and Occupied Territories: Transitional Administrations Through the Twentieth Century
Power and Change: The Evolution of United Nations Complex Peace Operations
Peace and Security: The Use of Force to Maintain Law and Order
Consultation and Accountability: Building Democracy Through Benevolent Autocracy
Justice and Reconciliation: The Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Territories
Relief and Reconstruction: The Politics of Humanitarian and Development Assistance
Elections and Exit Strategies: No Exit Without a Strategy, or No Strategy Without an Exit
'You, the People': The Future of State-Building
