United Nations and Human Security

PAUL BACON Lecturer in International Relations, Shumei UniversityJOHN G. COCKELL Associate, Conflict Analysis and Development Unit, London School of Economics and Political ScienceRACHEL KERR Doctoral Candidate, Department of War Studies, King's College, LondonMARY M. MCKENZIE Assistant Professor in Political Science, Grossmont CollegeANTHONY L. MCDERMOTT Formerly Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, OsloROLAND PARIS Assistant Professor, University of ColoradoMICHAEL PUGH Director, International Studies Research Centre, University of Plymouth, UKCARLOS SANTOS Senior Programme Officer, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral AssistanceALBRECHT SCHNABEL Academic Programme Officer, Peace and Governance Programme, United Nations UniversityGARY G. TROELLER UNHCR Regional Representative, Baltic and Nordic Countries

• Notes on the Contributors PART I: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONALISM: CONSIDERATIONS AND CONTENTIONS Introduction: Beyond Peacekeeping?; E.Newman & O.P.Richmond Human Security and Preventative Action Strategies; J.G.Cockell The Limits of UN Multi-dimensional Peace Operations; O.P.Richmond (Re)building Political Society: the UN in Democratization; E.Newman Refugees, Human Rights and the Issue of Human Security; G.G.Troeller PART II: THE UN AND THE LIBERAL ETHIC: NORMATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Community, Solidarity and Late Westphalian International Relations; P.Bacon Echoes of the 'Mission Civilisatrice': Peacekeeping in the post-Cold-War Era; R.Paris PART III: MEDIATING INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: BEYOND WESTPHALIA? International Peace and Security and International Criminal Justice; R.Kerr Playing with Fire: Humanitarian Intervention Post-Kosovo; A.Schnabel The UN and Regional Organizations; M.M.McKenzie UN Finances: What Are the Costs and Who Pays the Bills?; A.McDermott Elections and 'Protectorate Democracy' in South-east Europe; M.Pugh Consolidating Democratic Governance in Post-Conflict Central America; C.Santos Index