Showing papers by "Thomas G. Weiss published in 1998"

Political gain and civilian pain : humanitarian impacts of economic sanctions

Abstract: Chapter 1 Foreword Part 2 Theoretical and Historical Perspectives Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Economic Sanctions and Their Humanitarian Impact: An Overview Chapter 5 Toward a Framework for Analysis Part 6 Four Case Studies Chapter 7 The Humanitarian Consequences of Sanctioning South Africa Chapter 8 The Humanitarian Impact of Economic Sanctions and War in Iraq Chapter 9 Non-forcible and Forcible Sanctions in the Former Yugoslavia Chapter 10 Humanitarian Effects of the Coup and Sanctions in Haiti Part 11 Conclusions Chapter 12 Political Gain and Civilian Pain

Beyond UN Subcontracting Task-Sharing with Regional Security Arrangements and Service-Providing NGOs

Abstract: List of Tables and Figures - Preface - List of Abbreviations - Notes on the Contributors - PART 1: FRAMEWORKS FOR ANALYSIS - Regional Arrangements, the UN, and International Security: A Framework for Analysis M.Alagappa - Devolving Responsibilities: A Framework for Analysing NGOs and Services L.Gordenker & T.G.Weiss - PART 2: REGIONALISM AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY - Before and After Dayton: NATO in the Former Yugoslavia D.Leurdijk - The Liberian Conflict and the ECOWAS-UN Partnership C.Adibe - Searching for OAS/UN Task-Sharing Opportunities in Central America and Haiti J.Tacsan - On the Front Lines in the Near Abroad: The CIS and OSCE in Georgia's Civil Wars S.N.MacFarlane - PART 3: NONGOVERNMENTAL DELIVERY OF SERVICES - NGO Relief in War Zones: Toward an Analysis of the New Aid Paradigm M.Duffield - Democratisation from the Outside-In: NGO and International Efforts to Promote Open Elections V.Chand - NGOs and Development Assistance: A Change in Mindset? I.Smillie - NGOs and the Environment: From Knowledge to Action S.Jasanoff - PART 4: CONCLUSIONS - UN Task-Sharing: Toward or Away from Global Governance? E.Smith & T.G.Weiss - Index

Civilian‐military interactions and ongoing UN reforms: DHA's past and OCHA's remaining challenges

Abstract: The pragmatic and visionary options for the creation of a successor to the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs are outlined, together with the political and bureaucratic considerations which led instead to the establishment of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which falls short of what was possible as well as desirable. In order to appreciate the forces which are likely to converge on OCHA, a history of the formation and performance of DHA is detailed, followed by an examination of the prospects for OCHA in meeting its three stated core functions: policy development, advocacy and coordination. Despite a number of improvements over the form and standing of its predecessor, OCHA's prospects for success are constrained by the nature and extent of the UN reform process, the operational realities of humanitarian operations, a variety of unaddressed institutional inadequacies and entrenched resistance to coordination.

Humanitarian Action in War Zones: Recent Experience and Future Research

Abstract: The post-cold war’s initial optimism about the possibilities for human development, democratization and conflict resolution quickly yielded to more sober assessments about the prospects for international security and of multilateralism. Democratization has spread but so has micro-nationalism, fragmentation and massive human tragedies. The demise of East-West tensions did not end history but unleashed instead a far more painful period than Francis Fukuyama and others had hoped (Fukuyama 1992).