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Author:   Katy Harsant
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9781538172971

ISBN 10:   1538172976
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   30 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Selective Responsibility and Reading Through History Postcolonialism, Neocolonialism and Sovereignty Reading Through History Structure of the Book Chapter 1 - From Sovereignty to Sovereign Equality A History of the United Nations Academic Narratives of the United Nations Sovereignty and International Law Sovereignty and the League of Nations From Sovereignty to Sovereign Equality Sovereign Equality and Trusteeship A Colonial History of the United Nations Chapter 2 - Resistance to Imperialism and the Two Leagues President Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference The League of Nations, Self-Determination and the Mandate System The League Against Imperialism Universalism and Internationalism Chapter 3 - The United Nations and Colonialism: Re-Narrating San Francisco The Colonial Question at San Francisco Anti-Colonialism at San Francisco Permanent Membership and Postcolonial Privilege Power vs. Responsibility Sacrificing Sovereignty From Mandates to Trusteeship Chapter 4 - The Rise of Asia-Africa and Discourses of Development Discourses of Development The Bandung Conference Bandung and the Cold War The Power of Bandung Chapter 5 - After Bandung: Independence and Non-Alignment The United Nations, Decolonisation and Independence The Non-Aligned Movement The Group of 77 Bandung and the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership After Bandung Chapter 6 - From Non-Intervention to R2P Non-Intervention After the Second World War Power Politics in the Cold War Period Human Rights and Humanitarianism in the 1990s ICISS and the Focus on Responsibility Neocolonialism and Selective Responsibility Conclusion Selective Responsibility International Relations, History and Eurocentrism The United Nations in 2022 Bibliography

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Selective Responsibility in the United Nations provides a thoughtful critique of the Responsibility to Protect by reconsidering the history of the UN and the League in the context of the global struggle against colonialism. It is essential reading for students of global governance today. -- Craig N. Murphy, Wellesley College; former president of the International Studies Association; former chair of the Academic Council on the UN System The UN has colonial origins. Resisting the idea that World War II and the creation of the UN initiated a rupture in international relations, Harsant shows that San Francisco ushered in rather only a slight evolution of the racialized world of the League of Nations. This book convincingly problematizes the history and narratives of the UN and shows how the afterlives of the institution's colonial origins are still visible in how it deploys such concepts as responsibility, intervention, sovereignty, and development. Doing so, Harsant also excavates the history of anti-colonial resistance in the advent of the current international order. An excellent book! -- Oumar Ba, Cornell University Harsant's interrogation of the United Nation's intervention practices is a long overdue assessment of the security organisation. Far beyond the usual critique, this new contribution is nuanced and original in its engagement with anti-colonial archives. This is a must read for anyone interested in the history (and present) of the UN. -- Toni Haastrup, University of Stirling, UK

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Katy Harsant is a Teaching Fellow in the sociology department and Deputy Director of Undergraduate Studies in sociology at the University of Warwick.

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