Reforming 21st Century Peacekeeping Operations

Name: Reforming 21st Century Peacekeeping Operations
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Reforming 21st Century Peacekeeping OperationsGovernmentalities of Security, Protection, and Police\nAuthor(s): Marc. G Doucet\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032096728, 978-1032096728\nSynopsis\nThis book considers contemporary international interventions with a specific focus on analyzing the frameworks that have guided recent peacekeeping operations led by the United Nations. Drawing from the work of Michel Foucault and Foucauldian-inspired approaches in the field of International Relations, it highlights how interventions can be viewed through the lens of governmentality and its key attendant concepts. The book draws from these approaches in order to explore how international interventions are increasingly informed by governmental rationalities of security and policing. \n\nTwo specific cases are examined: the UN's Security Sector Reform (SSR) approach and the UN's Protection of Civilians agenda. Focusing o.