The Resource Building states : the United Nations, development, and decolonization, 1945-1965, Eva-Maria Muschik
Building states : the United Nations, development, and decolonization, 1945-1965, Eva-Maria Muschik
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- Summary
- "Postwar multilateral cooperation is often viewed as an attempt to overcome the limitations of the nation-state system. However, in 1945, when the United Nations was founded, large parts of the world were still under imperial control. Building States investigates how the UN tried to manage the dissolution of European empires in the 1950s and 1960s-and helped transform the practice of international development and the meaning of state sovereignty in the process. Eva-Maria Muschik argues that the UN played a key role in the global proliferation and reinvention of the nation-state in the postwar era, as newly independent states came to rely on international assistance. Drawing on previously untapped primary sources, she traces how UN personnel-usually in close consultation with Western officials-sought to manage decolonization peacefully through international development assistance. Examining initiatives in Libya, Somaliland, Bolivia, and the Congo, Muschik shows how the UN pioneered a new understanding and practice of state building, presented as a technical challenge for international experts rather than a political process. UN officials increasingly took on public-policy functions, despite the organization's mandate not to interfere in the domestic affairs of its member states. These initiatives, Muschik suggests, had lasting effects on international development practice, peacekeeping, and post-conflict territorial administration. Casting new light on how international organizations became major players in the governance of developing countries, Building States has significant implications for the histories of decolonization, the Cold War, and international development"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 378 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction : managing the world
- The UN and the colonial world : international trusteeship and non-self-governing territories
- How to build a state : the UN in Libya
- If ten years suffice for Somaliland...
- Moving beyond advice : pioneering administrative assistance in Bolivia
- Hammarskjöld, decolonization, and the proposal for an international administrative service
- State-building meets peacekeeping : UN civilian operations in the Congo crisis, 1960-1964
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780231200240
- Label
- Building states : the United Nations, development, and decolonization, 1945-1965
- Title
- Building states
- Title remainder
- the United Nations, development, and decolonization, 1945-1965
- Statement of responsibility
- Eva-Maria Muschik
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Postwar multilateral cooperation is often viewed as an attempt to overcome the limitations of the nation-state system. However, in 1945, when the United Nations was founded, large parts of the world were still under imperial control. Building States investigates how the UN tried to manage the dissolution of European empires in the 1950s and 1960s-and helped transform the practice of international development and the meaning of state sovereignty in the process. Eva-Maria Muschik argues that the UN played a key role in the global proliferation and reinvention of the nation-state in the postwar era, as newly independent states came to rely on international assistance. Drawing on previously untapped primary sources, she traces how UN personnel-usually in close consultation with Western officials-sought to manage decolonization peacefully through international development assistance. Examining initiatives in Libya, Somaliland, Bolivia, and the Congo, Muschik shows how the UN pioneered a new understanding and practice of state building, presented as a technical challenge for international experts rather than a political process. UN officials increasingly took on public-policy functions, despite the organization's mandate not to interfere in the domestic affairs of its member states. These initiatives, Muschik suggests, had lasting effects on international development practice, peacekeeping, and post-conflict territorial administration. Casting new light on how international organizations became major players in the governance of developing countries, Building States has significant implications for the histories of decolonization, the Cold War, and international development"--
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- Muschik, Eva-Maria
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Columbia studies in international and global history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United Nations
- United Nations
- United Nations
- United Nations
- United Nations
- Nation-building
- Decolonization
- World politics
- Label
- Building states : the United Nations, development, and decolonization, 1945-1965, Eva-Maria Muschik
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- Contents
- Introduction : managing the world -- The UN and the colonial world : international trusteeship and non-self-governing territories -- How to build a state : the UN in Libya -- If ten years suffice for Somaliland... -- Moving beyond advice : pioneering administrative assistance in Bolivia -- Hammarskjöld, decolonization, and the proposal for an international administrative service -- State-building meets peacekeeping : UN civilian operations in the Congo crisis, 1960-1964 -- Epilogue
- Control code
- on1268120776
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 378 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231200240
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1268120776
- Label
- Building states : the United Nations, development, and decolonization, 1945-1965, Eva-Maria Muschik
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : managing the world -- The UN and the colonial world : international trusteeship and non-self-governing territories -- How to build a state : the UN in Libya -- If ten years suffice for Somaliland... -- Moving beyond advice : pioneering administrative assistance in Bolivia -- Hammarskjöld, decolonization, and the proposal for an international administrative service -- State-building meets peacekeeping : UN civilian operations in the Congo crisis, 1960-1964 -- Epilogue
- Control code
- on1268120776
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 378 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231200240
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1268120776
Subject
- Nation-building -- History -- 20th century
- United Nations -- Bolivia
- United Nations -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- United Nations -- History -- 20th century
- United Nations -- Horn of Africa
- United Nations -- Libya
- World politics -- 1945-1989
- Decolonization -- History -- 20th century
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