Peace Maintenance: The Evolution Of International Political Authority (routledge Advances In International Relations And Politics, 4)

Peace-Maintenance Peace-Maintenance explores the controversial concept that has evolved from diplomatic peacekeeping and military peace-enforcement. Jarat Chopra, the architect of peace-maintenance, outlines the limitations of traditional peacekeeping principles reliant on the increasingly questionable consent of belligerents. He traces the evolution of the political, administrative, legal and judicial ingredients of international authority. He draws on his extensive experience of peace operations with the United Nations, using many examples to illustrate the context and evolution of peace-maintenance, including indepth studies of Somalia and Western Sahara. This book is invaluable in identifying the necessary ingredients for longterm, legitimate and effective peace-maintenance at a time when it is needed most. Chopra’s study explores a course of action that is logically indicated by the long evolution of peacekeeping in the twentieth century and, importantly, he argues that we can no longer fail to respond to violent crises because we do not know how to. Jarat Chopra is Director of the International Relations Program at Brown University, Lecturer in International Law and Research Associate at the Thomas J.Watson Jr Institute for International Studies. He has observed a number of peace operations including those in Sri Lanka, Namibia, Nicaragua, Western Sahara, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Moldova, El Salvador, Somalia, Georgia and Macedonia. Routledge Advances in International Relations and Politics 1 Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis France, Britain and Europe Henrik Larsen 2 Agency, Structure and International Politics From ontology to empirical enquiry Gil Friedman and Harvey Starr 3 The Political Economy of Regional Co-operation in the Middle East Ali Carkoglu, Mine Eder, Kemal Kirisci 4 Peace-Maintenance The evolution of international political authority Jarat Chopra 5 International Relations and Historical Sociology Breaking down boundaries Stephen Hobden 6 Comparative Politics The problem of equivalence Edited by Jan W.van Deth 7 The Politics of Central Banks Robert Elgie and Helen Thompson Peace-Maintenance The evolution of international political authority Jarat Chopra London and New York First published 1999 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002. Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1999 Jarat Chopra The right of Jarat Chopra to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is availa