Contingencies, Constraints, and Collective Security: Perspectives on UN Involvement in International Disputes Author(s): John Gerard Ruggie Source: International Organization, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Summer, 1974), pp. 493-520 Published by: University of Wisconsin Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2706304 Accessed: 11-07-2017 17:27 UTC REFERENCES Linked references are available on JSTOR for this article: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2706304?seq=1&cid=pdf-reference#references_tab_contents You may need to log in to JSTOR to access the linked references. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms University of Wisconsin Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to International Organization This content downloaded from 128.103.193.216 on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:27:26 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms CONTINGENCIES, CONSTRAINTS, AND COLLECTIVE SECURITY: PERSPECTIVES ON UN INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES John Gerard Ruggie Arising from a desire for "a new and more wholesome diplomacy," as President Woodrow Wilson phrased it,1 the concept of collective security has over the years encompassed hope, delusion, and dis- illusion as well. From its beginning it was seen as an alternative to the "crude machinations" of the balance of power system that had led to World War I; and it was designed, by means of the League of Nations, to offer legitimate international authority to manage a pre- ponderant collective deterrent power, and to define and resist aggres- sion.