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2005Keyword
PeacekeepingGlobal politics
Human security agenda
Cosmopolitan peacekeeping
Protection of citizens
Peer-Reviewed
Yes
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UN peacekeeping is once again undergoing a period of intense critical scrutiny. Having passed through three major phases of development, from first (classical or traditional) to second (multidimensional) generation configurations, to a third phase in the mid- and late 1990s when peace support operations emerged, it currently faces another period of transition. This article speculates about the possible configuration of peacekeeping and its role in global politics. Debates about the role of peacekeeping in the international system should bring to the forefront a conception and practice of cosmopolitan peacekeeping, involving a capacity to protect civilians from violent conflict (the negative peace dimension) and a the capacity to address the human security agenda adopted by the UN in recent years.Version
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Woodhouse, T. and Ramsbottom, O. (2005). Cosmopolitan Peacekeeping and the Globalisation of Security. International Peacekeeping. Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 139-156.Link to Version of Record
https://doi.org/10.1080/01439680500066400Type
Articleae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
https://doi.org/10.1080/01439680500066400