Introduction 1. The Rules of Global Security 2. Visions of Collective Security 3. Peacekeeping 4. Economic Sanctions 5. The Use of Force 6. Tribunals 7. Weapons Proliferation 8. Human Rights 9. Terrorism. Conclusions
Brian Frederking is an Associate Professor of Political Science at McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, USA.
"Brian Frederking's new book should appeal not only to advanced
undergraduate and graduate students, but to anyone interested in
international organization, U.S. foreign policy, or global politics
in the age of terror. In this volume, Frederking expertly engages
debates over power, rules and institutions to highlight a
"security-hierarchy" paradox which plagues U.S. policy toward the
U.N. Security Council. Highlighting tensions between unilateral
temptations and multilateral imperatives, Frederking provides
incisive case studies of evolving approaches to peacekeeping,
international justice, sanctions, regional conflicts, terrorism. In
the process, his demonstrates the contributions of an elegant
theoretical synthesis to understanding the emergent global
order."Wesley Widmaier, St. Joseph's University, USA."In today's
world, the Security Council is a conspicuous site for the play of
power politics--this is anarchy in a nutshell. Yet the Security
Council does its business by making rules, and these rules matter.
Brian Frederking deftly dissects and resolves this apparent paradox
by showing how these rules constitute the hegemonial and
hierarchical arrangements that give the post-cold era its
distinctive structural properties. Frederking has got it right.
Global security, states and power are all social constructions,
talked into existence, linked by rules and expressed in forms of
rule."Nicholas Onuf, Florida International University, USA.
"Brian Frederking's new book should appeal not only to advanced
undergraduate and graduate students, but to anyone interested in
international organization, U.S. foreign policy, or global politics
in the age of terror. In this volume, Frederking expertly engages
debates over power, rules and institutions to highlight a
"security-hierarchy" paradox which plagues U.S. policy toward the
U.N. Security Council. Highlighting tensions between unilateral
temptations and multilateral imperatives, Frederking provides
incisive case studies of evolving approaches to peacekeeping,
international justice, sanctions, regional conflicts, terrorism. In
the process, his demonstrates the contributions of an elegant
theoretical synthesis to understanding the emergent global order."
- Wesley Widmaier, St. Joseph's University, USA."In today's world,
the Security Council is a conspicuous site for the play of power
politics--this is anarchy in a nutshell. Yet the Security Council
does its business by making rules, and these rules matter. Brian
Frederking deftly dissects and resolves this apparent paradox by
showing how these rules constitute the hegemonial and hierarchical
arrangements that give the post-cold era its distinctive structural
properties. Frederking has got it right. Global security, states
and power are all social constructions, talked into existence,
linked by rules and expressed in forms of rule." - Nicholas Onuf,
Florida International University, USA.
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