Answer with reference to at least two UN peacekeeping operations Order Type: Essay Level: Degree / Bachelor's Subject: International Relations Order Topic: To what extent is the UN able to build ‘positive' peace rather than simply enforce ‘negative' peace? Answer with reference to at least two UN peacekeeping operations Instruction:
1) explain the difference between positive and negative peace
2)How successful the UN has been in positive peace and what are the challenges. In reference to 2 peacekeeping operations to support the argument.
you MUST use at least 7 sources from the reading list and pay attention to the referencing
Sources: 14 Style: - Standard: - Language: English (UK) Pages: 12Your assignments should incorporate the following elements:
• Demonstration of empirical knowledge: introducing your case studies in as much
detail as necessary.
• Demonstration of analytical skill: discussing the importance of particular policy areas within a conceptual framework linking different aspects, and understandings, of post-conflict reconstruction.
• Demonstration of evaluative skill: offering a critical evaluation of what has been attempted and achieved in terms of post conflict reconstruction strategies.
Coursework will be assessed with respect to each of the elements listed above. Extra credit will be given for depth of research, critical thinking, and originality.
: Building positive peace: The UN and peacebuildingpost cold war
• Michael Barnett et al. (2007) ‘Peacebuilding: What's in a Name?' Global Governance, 13(3): 35-58.
• Eva Bertram, (1995) ‘Reinventing Governments: the Promise and Perils of United Nations Peacebuilding,' Journal of Conflict Resolution 39(3): 387-418.
Consider the following questions
• What reforms of the UN and its relations with member states would help tackle the shortcomings identified in these articles?
• What kinds of peace can the UN deliver in within existing constraints?
Boutros BoutrosGhali, Agenda for Peace1995, second edition, (New York: UN, 1995).
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, "An Agenda for Peace: One Year Later," Orbis37 (1993):323-332.