Peace as government
Subtitle: the will to normalize Timor-Leste
By: Ramon Blanco
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Lanham, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781498581783
Subjects: Peace-building; Politics and government; United Nations
Description: The author argues that peace operations have a precise function in the international scenario - the maintenance of a neoliberal order in the international society. The author, analyzing the United Nations' engagement with Timor-Leste, evinces that this function is developed through the will to normalize the Timorese state and population.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Contents; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1 A Genealogy of the UN Approaches toward International Peace; title: 2 The Emergence of Timor-Leste as an International Urgent Need; title: 3 The UN Engagement with Timor-Leste and Its Shortcomings; title: 4 The UN Surveillance Framework; title: 5 The Transformation of Timor-Leste into a Governance State; title: Conclusion; title: References; title: Index; title: About the Author