In recent decades there have been several constructivist scholars who have looked at how norms change in international relations. However few have taken a closer look at the particular strategies that are employed to further change, or looked at the common factors that have been in play in these processes. This book seeks to further the debates by looking at both agency and structure in tandem.
It focuses on the practices of linked ecologies (formal or informal alliances), undertaken by individuals who are the constitutive parts of norm change processes and who have...
In recent decades there have been several constructivist scholars who have looked at how norms change in international relations. However few have ...
Increasingly, African leaders have been making greater efforts to safeguard the peace and stability of their nations. With threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to an Ebola pandemic, the realities of protecting their citizens within these complex conflict zones have revealed a widening divide between the theory and practice of peacekeeping in Africa. The Future of African Peace Operations provides the first--and long overdue--comprehensive overview and analysis of peacekeeping efforts in Africa. With the African Union's newly created African Standby Force becoming fully...
Increasingly, African leaders have been making greater efforts to safeguard the peace and stability of their nations. With threats ranging from Islami...
Increasingly, African leaders have been making greater efforts to safeguard the peace and stability of their nations. With threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to an Ebola pandemic, the realities of protecting their citizens within these complex conflict zones have revealed a widening divide between the theory and practice of peacekeeping in Africa. The Future of African Peace Operations provides the first--and long overdue--comprehensive overview and analysis of peacekeeping efforts in Africa. With the African Union's newly created African Standby Force becoming fully...
Increasingly, African leaders have been making greater efforts to safeguard the peace and stability of their nations. With threats ranging from Islami...
It provides constructive suggestions as to how the UN and the international system can evolve to remain relevant and tackle the peace and security challenges of the 21st century, without abandoning the principles that the UN was founded upon and on which the legitimacy of UN peace operations rests.
It provides constructive suggestions as to how the UN and the international system can evolve to remain relevant and tackle the peace and security cha...