Governing Disorder: Un Peace Operations, International Security, and Democratization in the Post-Cold War Era

by Laura Zanotti

Book Overview

The end of the Cold War created an opportunity for the United Nations to reconceptualize the rationale and extent of its peacebuilding efforts, and in the 1990s, democracy and good governance became legitimizing concepts for an expansion of UN activities. The United Nations sought not only to democratize disorderly states but also to take responsibility for protecting people around the world from a range of dangers, including poverty, disease,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271037628
• ISBN13: 9780271037622
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"