| ID | 178196 |
| Title Proper | Willing to serve |
| Other Title Information | empire, status, and Canadian campaigns for the United Nations Security Council (1946–1947) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Dunton, Caroline |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a place where states can seek international status by campaigning for its elected seats. I understand status as membership in a club and examine both the nature of the hierarchies of status and the responsibilities associated with that membership. To do this, I examine Canada’s first two campaigns to the Security Council in 1946 and 1947 in the context of the origins of the UN. I make a twofold argument. First, I argue that the hierarchy of the UNSC in the late 1940s was an imperial one, within which states campaigned for seats by articulating their relationships to these imperial formations. Second, I argue that the process of campaigning is also a process of claiming to take on the responsibilities of the UNSC’s mandate. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal Vol. 75, No.4; Dec 2020: p.529–547 |
| Journal Source | International Journal Vol: 75 No 4 |
| Key Words | Canada ; United Nations Security Council ; Responsibility ; Empire ; Status |