{"product_id":"building-states-the-united-nations-development-and-decolonization-1945-1965-paperback","title":"Building States: The United Nations, Development, and Decolonization, 1945-1965 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEva-Maria Muschik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostwar 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. \u003ci\u003eBuilding States\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEva-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCasting new light on how international organizations became major players in the governance of developing countries, \u003ci\u003eBuilding States\u003c\/i\u003e has significant implications for the histories of decolonization, the Cold War, and international development.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEva-Maria Muschik is a historian and an assistant professor in the Department of Development Studies at the University of Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785904521504,"sku":"9780231200257","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4f1383b42388390b9c538c913d1b8d6a.webp?v=1780623170","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/building-states-the-united-nations-development-and-decolonization-1945-1965-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}