Reinventing Governments

The Promise and Perils of United Nations Peace Building

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6284146
AutoresEva Bertram (0000-0003-1677-2841, Yale University, autor correspondente)
Ano1995
Volume39
Fascículo3
Páginas387-418
Data de publicação1995-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002795039003001
OpenAlexW2000444167
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas40
Referências citadas10

The United Nations has assumed a prominent post-cold war role as an agent of democratic transitions in Third World states long torn by civil strife. Called “postconflict peace building” by the secretary general, this new brand of UN peacekeeping mission has seen notable success in countries such as El Salvador, Mozambique, Cambodia, and Namibia. But the record is mixed. The United Nations faces serious challenges in peace building because of dilemmas generated by deep tensions between the practices of peace building and long-standing UN principles of sovereignty, neutrality, and securing a democratic peace. Even when these dilemmas can be resolved, the United Nations confronts three constraints that fundamentally limit its capability to build the peace: the political will of UN member-states, the will and ability of local actors, and the capacity of local institutions. The long-term success of the United Nations' foray into peace building will depend in part on how skillfully UN officials are able to draw and apply lessons from the first 5 years of UN peace building and to address these conflicts of principle and practice

Democracy · General assembly · Neutrality · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · State-building · Territorial integrity · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration