The Transformation of UN Conflict Management by Piiparinen, Touko -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Routledge research on international organisations Contents Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Rwanda, the genocide of our time

Introduction Precolonial and colonial Rwanda Hutu Republic and genocide ‘Lessons learned’, peoples betrayed: genocide ten years on Conclusion

2 A critical realist approach to conflict management

3 UN conflict management of the 1990s

Introduction Setting the scene for analysis: post-Cold War conflict management Detection mechanisms of the UN Securitisation mechanisms of the UN Conclusion

4 Explanatory theories of the UN’s failure

Introduction Overview of the UN’s failure ‘First wave’ of explanations: the role of member states ‘Second wave’ of explanations: the role of the Secretariat Transcending the ‘blame game’: towards a deeper understanding of the UN’s failure Conclusion

5 Early warning

Introduction Phenomenal level: the malfunctions of early warning Structural level: the root causes of the malfunctions of early warning Emancipatory move: locating possibilities for the early detection of genocide Conclusion

6 Bureaucratic mechanisms

7 Future visions of conflict management

Introduction New division of labour as a counterstrategy for ‘body-bag syndrome’ A pragmatic turn in peacekeeping A functional shift in control mechanisms Mainstreaming RtoP and thinking out of bureaucratic boxes Defending the baseline of humanity as a future vision of the UN Defender of truth: the second vision of a future UN Conclusion

8 Conclusion Notes Bibliography

Internet sources Newspaper and magazine articles Papers Interviews Linda Melvern Rwanda genocide archive, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

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