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Author Uzonyi, Gary, author

Title Finding soldiers of peace : three dilemmas for UN peacekeeping missions / Gary Uzonyi
Published [Washington, DC] : Georgetown University Press, [2020]

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Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Introduction: Three Dilemmas for UN Peacekeeping Missions -- 2 Conflict Externalities and the Incentive to Keep the Peace -- 3 Analyzing the Argument -- 4 Conclusion: Managing Incentives and Disincentives to Keep the Peace -- References -- About the Author
Summary "The United Nations (UN) faces three dilemmas each time it forms a peacekeeping operation. It must convince states to contribute troops to the mission, it must persuade them to do so quickly, and it must get them to stay for a sufficient period of time for the mission to be a success. Gary Uzonyi finds that the key for the UN in overcoming these dilemmas is to highlight for member states the connection between offering peacekeepers and slowing conflict-driven refugee flows. This connects self-interest of the states with the liberal goal of civilian protection. He analyzes data from all post-Cold War UN peacekeeping missions and takes a closer look at two case studies of past missions in Sudan and Mali to draw conclusions for both scholars and policy practitioners. He finds that much of the conventional wisdom, which says that states join peacekeeping missions for payment or humanitarian considerations, is wrong or incomplete. Uzonyi's research will help scholars and practitioners to predict not only who is most likely to send support, but also where they will send assistance, when they are likely to become involved, the size of contribution they will be willing to make, and when they will be likely to leave a mission. The concise treatment of the topic makes it ideal for classroom use or policy discussions"-- Provided by publisher
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Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 06, 2020)
Subject United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces.
SUBJECT United Nations fast
Subject Peacekeeping forces.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
Peacekeeping forces
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1626167745
9781626167742