Research Catalog

Title

You, the people : the United Nations, transitional administration, and state-building / Simon Chesterman.

Author

Chesterman, Simon

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Description

xx, 296 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"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."--Jacket.

Series Statement

A project of the International Peace Academy

Uniform Title

Project of the International Peace Academy.

Subject

• Humanitarian intervention
• Postwar reconstruction
• United Nations > Peacekeeping forces

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-285) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Colonies and occupied territories: Transitional Administration 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 Reconcilitation: 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.

ISBN

0199263485

LCCN

^^2004300664

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library