Determinants of success in UN peacekeeping operations / Jacques L. Koko and Essoh J.M.H. Essis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koko, Jacques L.

Contributor:

Essis, Essoh J. M. C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--Peacekeeping forces.

United Nations.

Peacekeeping forces.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

x, 100 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2012.

Summary:

This book examines forty-six UN peacekeeping operations, initiated from 1956 through 2006 to manage cases of intrastate and interstate conflicts, to identify the most significant factors that could help to explain the success or lack of success of such operations. Factor analysis is used to exploit the correlations between independent variables in order to regroup them into a smaller set of factors explaining the success or failure of these operations. The results show that the success of a UN peacekeeping operation can be explained by factors that are related to four categories of variables: i) the scope of resources invested in peacekeeping; ii) the duration and intensity of conflict and time of preparation for peacekeeping intervention; iii) to political support for peacekeeping from the UN Security Council; and iv) the type of conflict. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Evolution of Peacekeeping as a Concept and of UNPKOs as an Object of Scholarly Study 7

Chapter 2 Data Sources, Database, and Study Variables 19

Chapter 3 Statistical Methods and Results: The Factor Analytic Model 55

Chapter 4 Interpretation of the Statistical Results, and Implications for Theory, Policymaking and Research 69.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [79]-84) and index.

ISBN:

9780761858652

0761858652

OCLC:

779265257