no / A deconstruction of the role of peace support operations suggests that they sustain a particular order of world politics that privileges the rich and powerful states in their efforts to control or isolate unruly parts of the world. As a management device it has grown in significance as the strategic imperatives of the post-industrialized, capitalist world have neutered the universal pretensions of the United Nations. Drawing on the work of Robert Cox and Mark Duffield, this essay adopts a critical theory perspective to argue that peace support operations serve a narrow, problem-solving purpose - to doctor the dysfunctions of the global political economy within a framework of liberal imperialism. Two dynamics in world politics might be exploited to mobilize a counter-hegemonic transformation in global governance. First, a radical change in the global trade system and its problematic institutions will create opportunities to emancipate the weak from economic hegemony. Second, future network wars are likely to require increasingly subtle and flexible teams, similar to disaster relief experts, to supply preventive action, economic aid and civilian protection. This might only be achieved by releasing peace support operations from the state-centric control system, and making them answerable to more transparent, more democratic and accountable multinational institutions.

CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este trabalho visa empreender uma longa jornada pelas peculiares conjecturas do período histórico que vai desde o pós guerra do longo século XX até a eclosão dos movimentos civis da década de 60, tendo como cenário Os Estados Unidos Americanos. Escolhe fazer essa viagem através do olhar sempre perturbador de Norman Mailer, repetindo o caminho feito por ele no romance Um Sonho Americano, obra objeto de nossa pesquisa. Pretende ainda detalhar as questões que assolam a cosnciencia do homem moderno, especialmente o Estado, na composição de seres que erram, e que são perdoados, argumento final de nossa análise. Tentamos dessa forma entender a escrita de Norman Mailer a partir de seus personagens, assim como pela janela de seus argumentos, ou seja, um mundo caótico que ainda está longe de ser entendido. / This dissertation aims to undertake a long journey through peculiar contexts in the historical spawn that goes from the post war of the XXth century until the explosion of the civil rights movement during the 60', having as scenery the United States of America. We have chosen to take this trip through the disturbing lengths of Norman Mailer, repeating his path in the novel An American Dream, central work of our research. We also aimed at detailing the issues that hunt the conscience of modern men, specially the State, composing beings who make mistakes and that are fully forgiven, ultimate argument of our analysis. We have tried thus understanding Norman Mailer writing through his characters, as well through the window of his arguments, which means a chaotic world that is far from being understood. / Dissertação (Mestrado)