UN robust peacekeeping : civilian protection in violent civil wars / Kofi Nsia-Pepra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nsia-Pepra, Kofi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--Peacekeeping forces.

United Nations.

Peacekeeping forces.

Peace-building--International cooperation.

Peace-building.

Security, International--International cooperation.

Security, International.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xv, 257 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

This book examines the emergent conviction that UN robust peacekeeping works better than UN traditional peacekeeping in reducing civilian killings within contemporary post-Cold War violent civil wars. In an unprecedented study, Dr. Nsia-Pepra has systematically and empirically documented the relationship between robust peacekeeping and civilian killings in violent civil wars using both statistical and case study models. His research, engagingly expounded upon in UN Robust Peacekeeping, indicates that robust peacekeeping works better than traditional peacekeeping in lowering civilian killings by spoilers in violent civil wars. His book also presents the concept of a formidable barrier model of robust peacekeeping success using the game theoretical model It makes policy recommendations to enhance the UN's capacity to protect civilians from human rights violations, including a unified, coherent, doctrinal definition for robust peacekeeping, an operational doctrine on the use of force, and improved UN intelligence capacity. Dr Nsia-Pepra also suggests employing the GA 1950 Uniting for Peace Resolution-as well as robust mandates, common training doctrine, pre-deployment training, improved UN intelligence capacity, major power participation, implementation of R2P, and US objective global leadership. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Peacekeeping and Human Rights Protection 7

3 Robust Peacekeeping and Civilian Protection 41

4 Data, Variables, and Methodology 79

5 Statistical Analysis of Robust Peacekeeping and Civilian Protection in Civil Wars 89

6 Case Studies: Testing the Formidable Barrier Model of Robust Peacekeeping Success 99

7 The Politics of Civilian Protection - The Case of Darfur 141

8 Moving Forward: UN Robust Peacekeeping and Civilian Protection in Civil Wars 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137397850

1137397853

OCLC:

879642342