The United Nations, peace and security : from collective security to the responsibility to protect / Ramesh Thakur.
A leading authority examines the changing role and structure of the UN, from avoiding inter-state wars to managing humanitarian emergencies. Topics examined include the use of force, the gap between legality and legitimacy, UN-US relations, the North-South divide, the international rule of law, and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Summary: | A leading authority examines the changing role and structure of the UN, from avoiding inter-state wars to managing humanitarian emergencies. Topics examined include the use of force, the gap between legality and legitimacy, UN-US relations, the North-South divide, the international rule of law, and prospects for UN reform. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 388 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511221262 0511221266 0511219970 9780511219979 9780511220647 0511220642 9780511219290 0511219296 9780511755996 0511755996 0511316968 9780511316968 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511755996 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |