Selective Responsibility in the United Nations: Colonial Histories and Critical Inquiry

By Katy Harsant, Katy Harsant Teaching Fellow Department of Sociology University of Warwick, Katy Harsant

Book Overview

Why does the United Nations invoke its responsibility to protect through interventions in some instances but not others? This book challenges the dominant narrative of the UN as an institution of equality and progress by analyzing the colonial origins of the organization and revealing the unequal power relations it has perpetuated.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538172976
• ISBN13: 9781538172971
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"