Unlock a deeper understanding of global peacekeeping with the fully revised and updated third edition of "Understanding Peacekeeping." This essential resource provides an extensive introduction to the complex world of peace operations, exploring both theoretical frameworks and real-world applications. With nearly two hundred historical and contemporary missions as case studies, you will discover how peacekeeping has evolved from 1945 through 2020. Dive into the strategic purposes of modern peace operations, including prevention, observation, assistance, enforcement, stabilization, and administration.

This comprehensive guide delves into crucial updates, addressing key themes such as force generation, civilian protection, gender issues, and the challenges presented by organized crime. The addition of five new chapters enhances your knowledge about exit strategies and the use of force, ensuring a well-rounded understanding of peacekeeping today. Ideal for students, practitioners, and anyone interested in international relations, this book addresses the pressing issues faced by today’s peacekeepers in an ever-changing global landscape.

Whether you are looking to gain insights for academic purposes or enhance your professional knowledge, "Understanding Peacekeeping" is a must-have addition to your library.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745686721
Year: 2021
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 496
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Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745686721
Year: 2021
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 496


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Peace operations remain a principal tool for managing armed conflict and protecting civilians. The fully revised, expanded and updated third edition of Understanding Peacekeeping provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, history, and politics of peace operations.


Drawing on a dataset of nearly two hundred historical and contemporary missions, this book evaluates the changing characteristics of the contemporary international environment in which peace operations are deployed, the strategic purposes peace operations are intended to achieve, and the major challenges facing today™s peacekeepersAll the chapters have been revised and updated, and five new chapters have been added “ on stabilization, organized crime, exit strategies, force generation, and the use of force.


Part 1 summarizes the central concepts and issues related to peace operations. Part 2 charts the historical development of peacekeeping, from 1945 through to 2020. Part 3 analyses the strategic purposes that United Nations and other peace operations are intended to achieve “ namely, prevention, observation, assistance, enforcement, stabilization, and administration. Part 4 looks forward and examines the central challenges facing today™s peacekeepers: force generation, the regionalization and privatization of peace operations, the use of force, civilian protection, gender issues, policing and organized crime, and exit strategies.