Martialling Peace: How the Peacekeeper Myth Legitimises Warfare - Couverture rigide

Wegner, Nicole

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474492835 ISBN 13 : 9781474492836

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Examines the mythology of the peacekeeper and how it functions to sustain militarism in global politics Offers novel conceptual framing of martial peace and the peacekeeper myth Critically examines common understandings of 'warfare' and 'peace' Provides new ways of thinking about liberal peace and 'peaceful' societies and the roles that academics, government and publics play in reproducing structural violences Builds on Howell's (2018) martial politics framework and offers important contributions to existing critical examinations of militarisation This is a not a book about peacekeeping practices. This is a book about storytelling, fantasies and the ways that people connect emotionally to myths about peacekeeping. The celebration of peacekeeping as a legitimate and desirable use of military force is expressed through the unproblematised acceptance of militarism. Introducing a novel framework martial peace the book offers an in-depth examination of the Canadian Armed Forces missions to Afghanistan and the use of police violence against Indigenous protests in Canada as case examples where military violence has been justified in the name of peace. It critically investigates the peacekeeper myth and challenges the academic, government and popular beliefs that martial violence is required to sustain peace.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nicole Wegner is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474492835
• ISBN 13: 9781474492836
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible