This study explores the normative dimension of the evolving role of the UnitedNations in peace and security and ultimately in governance. The book examinesboth ... » 

This study explores the normative dimension of the evolving role of the UnitedNations in peace and security and ultimately in governance. The book examinesboth the UNs changing raison detre and the wider normative context withinwhich the organization is located. The study looks at the UN through the windowof one of its most contentious yet least understood practices activeinvolvement in intrastate conflicts as epitomized by UN peacekeeping. Drawingon the conceptual tools provided by the historical structural approach thisstudy seeks to understand how and why the international community continuouslyreinterprets or redefines the UNs role with regard to intrastate conflicts.The study concentrates on intrastates peacekeeping environments andexamines what changes if any have occurred to the normative basis of UNpeacekeeping in intrastate conflicts from the early 1960s to the early 1990s. «