Why does the United Nations invoke its responsibility to protect through interventions in some instances but not others? This book challenges the dominant narrative of the UN as an institution of equality and progress by analyzing the colonial origins of the organization and revealing the unequal power relations it has perpetuated.
Why does the United Nations invoke its responsibility to protect through interventions in some instances but not others? This book challenges the dominant narrative of the UN as an institution of equality and progress by analyzing the colonial origins of the organization and revealing the unequal power relations it has perpetuated.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions
Katy Harsant is a Teaching Fellow at Sociology Department at the University of Warwick. Her research interests centre on postcolonial theory, international relations and historical sociology. She is part of the British International Studies Association Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Working Group.
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Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Selective Responsibility and Reading Through History Postcolonialism, Neocolonialism and Sovereignty Reading Through History Structure of the Book Chapter 1 - From Sovereignty to Sovereign Equality A History of the United Nations Academic Narratives of the United Nations Sovereignty and International Law Sovereignty and the League of Nations From Sovereignty to Sovereign Equality Sovereign Equality and Trusteeship A Colonial History of the United Nations Chapter 2 - Resistance to Imperialism and the Two Leagues President Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference The League of Nations, Self-Determination and the Mandate System The League Against Imperialism Universalism and Internationalism Chapter 3 - The United Nations and Colonialism: Re-Narrating San Francisco The Colonial Question at San Francisco Anti-Colonialism at San Francisco Permanent Membership and Postcolonial Privilege Power vs. Responsibility Sacrificing Sovereignty From Mandates to Trusteeship Chapter 4 - The Rise of Asia-Africa and Discourses of Development Discourses of Development The Bandung Conference Bandung and the Cold War The Power of Bandung Chapter 5 - After Bandung: Independence and Non-Alignment The United Nations, Decolonisation and Independence The Non-Aligned Movement The Group of 77 Bandung and the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership After Bandung Chapter 6 - From Non-Intervention to R2P Non-Intervention After the Second World War Power Politics in the Cold War Period Human Rights and Humanitarianism in the 1990s ICISS and the Focus on Responsibility Neocolonialism and Selective Responsibility Conclusion Selective Responsibility International Relations, History and Eurocentrism The United Nations in 2022 Bibliography
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Selective Responsibility and Reading Through History Postcolonialism, Neocolonialism and Sovereignty Reading Through History Structure of the Book Chapter 1 - From Sovereignty to Sovereign Equality A History of the United Nations Academic Narratives of the United Nations Sovereignty and International Law Sovereignty and the League of Nations From Sovereignty to Sovereign Equality Sovereign Equality and Trusteeship A Colonial History of the United Nations Chapter 2 - Resistance to Imperialism and the Two Leagues President Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference The League of Nations, Self-Determination and the Mandate System The League Against Imperialism Universalism and Internationalism Chapter 3 - The United Nations and Colonialism: Re-Narrating San Francisco The Colonial Question at San Francisco Anti-Colonialism at San Francisco Permanent Membership and Postcolonial Privilege Power vs. Responsibility Sacrificing Sovereignty From Mandates to Trusteeship Chapter 4 - The Rise of Asia-Africa and Discourses of Development Discourses of Development The Bandung Conference Bandung and the Cold War The Power of Bandung Chapter 5 - After Bandung: Independence and Non-Alignment The United Nations, Decolonisation and Independence The Non-Aligned Movement The Group of 77 Bandung and the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership After Bandung Chapter 6 - From Non-Intervention to R2P Non-Intervention After the Second World War Power Politics in the Cold War Period Human Rights and Humanitarianism in the 1990s ICISS and the Focus on Responsibility Neocolonialism and Selective Responsibility Conclusion Selective Responsibility International Relations, History and Eurocentrism The United Nations in 2022 Bibliography
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