Liberal Peacebuilding in Times of Change by Giulio Levorato - 9781041081128

Liberal Peacebuilding in Times of ChangeThe UN, the EU, and the Politics of Continuity\nAuthor(s): Giulio Levorato\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041081128, 978-1041081128\nSynopsis\nThis book explores why and how, in an era in which conflicts are turning into arenas of strategic competition, international organizations have become the ultimate guardians of liberal peace.\n\nInternational organizations display policy continuity at a time when authoritarian models of conflict resolution are gaining traction thanks to streamlined objectives, fast-paced solutions, and reduced normative commitments. Confronting the challenges posed by illiberal actors, the United Nations and the European Union have entrenched their survival with that of the liberal international order and of liberal peace in particular. In a novel reading of organizational behaviours amid crises, policy continuity is interpreted as the result of st.