Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-169) and index.
Contents
Retheorizing the post-Cold War international order -- Governmentalizing the post-Cold War international regime : the UN debate on democratization and good governance -- Establishing a global biopolitical order : managing risk, protecting populations, blurring spaces of governance -- Imagining democracy, building unsustainable institutions : international disciplinarity in the UN peacekeeping operation in Haiti -- Normalizing democracy and human rights : discipline, resistance, and carceralization in Croatia's pacification and Euro-Atlantic integration.
Summary
"Examines post-Cold War discourses about the use of power to promote international security. Uses case studies of United Nations interventions in Haiti and Croatia to highlight the dynamics at play in encounters between local societies and international peacekeepers"--Provided by publisher.