The United Nations, intra-state peacekeeping and normative change Aksu, Eşref 1969- creator author. Walter de Gruyter & Co text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2018 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (241 pages) : PDF file(s). This study explores the normative dimension of the evolving role of the United Nations in peace and security and, ultimately, in governance. The book examines both the UN's changing raison d'être and the wider normative context within which the organization is located. The study looks at the UN through the window of one of its most contentious, yet least understood, practices: active involvement in intra-state conflicts as epitomized by UN peacekeeping. Drawing on the conceptual tools provided by the "historical structural" approach, this study seeks to understand how and why the international community continuously reinterprets or redefines the UN's role with regard to intra-state conflicts. The study concentrates on intra-states "peacekeeping environments," and examines what changes, if any, have occurred to the normative basis of UN peacekeeping in intra-state conflicts from the early 1960s to the early 1990s. 1. The UN and intra-state conflicts: problematising the normative connection -- 2. Rethinking the UN through intra-state peacekeeping: the analytical framework -- 3. The UN's role in historical context: impact of structural tensions and thresholds -- 4. UN peacekeeping in intra-state conflicts: evolution of the normative basis -- 5. The UN in the Congo conflict: ONUC -- 6. The UN in the Cyprus conflict: UNFICYP -- 7. The UN in the Angola conflict: UNAVEM -- 8. The UN in the Cambodia conflict: UNTAC -- 9. Reflections on international normative change. Eşref Aksu. Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. United Nations. United Nations Peacekeeping forces Humanitarian intervention Political science global Politics and government 20th century Civil war 20th century Droit d'ingérence humanitaire Guerre civile 20e siècle POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace Civil war Humanitarian intervention Peacekeeping forces Political science Politics and government 1900-1999 fast JX1977 .A378 2003 341.584 New approaches to conflict analysis 1526137909 9786610734641 661073464X 9781423706625 1423706625 9781847790910 1847790917 9781526137906 2003058132 ManchesterUniversityPress11883 Ingram Content Group https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781526137906 SFB 160209 20240212223539.1 in00004774689 eng