| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 214 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Peacekeeping and the peacekept : questions, definitions, and research design -- Where peacekeepers go I : hypotheses and statistical evidence -- Where peacekeepers go II : evidence from the cases -- A causal theory of peacekeeping -- Peacekeeping works : evidence of effectiveness -- How peacekeeping works : causal mechanisms from the perspective of the peacekept -- Conclusion and implications |
| Summary |
In the last fifteen years, the number, size, and scope of peacekeeping missions deployed in the aftermath of civil wars have increased exponentially. From Croatia and Cambodia, to Nicaragua and Namibia, international personnel have been sent to maintain peace around the world. But does peacekeeping work? And if so, how? In Does Peacekeeping Work? Virginia Page Fortna answers these questions through the systematic analysis of civil wars that have taken place since the end of the Cold War. She compares peacekeeping and nonpeacekeeping cases, and she investigates where peacekeepers go, showing that their missions are crucial to the most severe internal conflicts in countries and regions where peace is otherwise likely to falter. Fortna demonstrates that peacekeeping is an extremely effective policy tool, dramatically reducing the risk that war will resume. Moreover, she explains that relatively small and militarily weak consent-based peacekeeping operations are often just as effective as larger, more robust enforcement missions. Fortna examines the causal mechanisms of peacekeeping, paying particular attention to the perspective of the peacekept--the belligerents themselves--on whose decisions the stability of peace depends. Based on interviews with government and rebel leaders in Sierra Leone, Mozambique, and the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, Does Peacekeeping Work? demonstrates specific ways in which peacekeepers alter incentives, alleviate fear and mistrust, prevent accidental escalation to war, and shape political procedures to stabilize peace |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Peace-building.
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Peace-building -- Case studies
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Civil war -- Case studies
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LAW -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
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Civil war.
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Peace-building.
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Bürgerkrieg
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Friedenssicherung
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Burgeroorlogen.
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Vredesoperaties.
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Wojna domowa -- studium przypadku.
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Budowanie pokoju -- studium przypadku.
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Budowanie pokoju.
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Peace-building.
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Peace-building -- Case studies.
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Civil war -- Case studies.
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Fredsbyggande -- fallstudier.
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peacebuilding.
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civil wars.
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peacekeeping operations.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Casestudies (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007047168 |
| ISBN |
9781400837731 |
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1400837731 |
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0691136718 |
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9780691136714 |
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