The Weight of Words: Deliberation and Policymaking in the United Nations Security Council
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The Weight of Words: Deliberation and Policymaking in the United Nations Security Council
Yazar:
Jones, Katelyn C., author.
ISBN:
9780438029262
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1 electronic resource (207 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Helen M. Kinsella Committee members: Christina Ewig; Daniel Kapust; Jon Pevehouse; John Zumbrunnen.
Özet:
This project creates and utilizes a practical theory of deliberation to examine the ways that individuals' identities and power dynamics shape policymaking in the UN Security Council (UNSC). While theories of communicative behavior have been used to analyze deliberation in formal institutions, I maintain that these theories are inadequate for examining deliberations within the Council because they necessitate that deliberation is formal and rationalistic. Recognizing the need for a theory of deliberation that is suited to examine both formal and informal deliberations, as well as the roles of power and identity in deliberation, I draw from Michel Foucault's theories of subjectivity and power to develop a practical theory of deliberation.
The practical theory of deliberation posits that existent power affects how the individual presents him or herself, and the ways that an individual presents him or herself--- whether through conduct or counter conduct---in turn shapes the way that power evidences itself in the institution. I utilize this theory to examine the development of an increasingly important issue in the UNSC: the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. There are two key reasons to study the WPS agenda: First, the WPS agenda is representative of a significant trend among IOs to address the specific needs of women. Second, the UNSC is a significant IO, and the WPS agenda is of great import in the UNSC. To analyze the WPS agenda, I turn to UNSC meeting transcripts and original interviews.
My project is the first to examine the actual meeting transcripts of the WPS agenda, and one of few that employs interviews to gain a more full understanding of the Council. In my analysis, I delineate the ways that individuals have affected the WPS agenda's development. One of my key findings is that an individuals' personal knowledge about WPS matters deeply impacts the shape of deliberations on gender and security issues.
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School code: 0262
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