Diasporas in conflict : peace-makers or peace-wreckers? / edited by Hazel Smith and Paul Stares.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Hazel, 1954-

Stares, Paul B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Political aspects--Case studies.

Emigration and immigration.

Immigrants--Political activity--Case studies.

Immigrants.

Conflict management--Case studies.

Conflict management.

World politics--Case studies.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peacekeeping operations have unintended consequences - this fact has long been ignored by both practitioners and researchers. The deployment of a large number of soldiers, police officers and civilian personnel inevitably has various effects on the host society and economy, not all of which are in keeping with the peacekeeping mandate and intent or are easily discernible prior to the intervention. Such unintended consequences are especially serious when they cause harm to the local community, as in the case of sexual abuse and exploitation, corruption or the creation of a false economy. Unintended side-effects can also negatively affect the ability of the peacekeeping mission to achieve its mandate. This book is one of the first attempts to improve our understanding of unintended consequences of peacekeeping operations, by bringing together field experiences and academic analyses. The book investigates unintended consequences of peacekeeping operations on individuals and groups of individuals, on the host society and economy, and on the troop-contributing countries. It also analyses the degree to which the United Nations has tried to manage some of these side-effects, as well as the United Nations' accountability in the context of the international legal framework. The aim of the book is not to discredit peace operations but rather to improve the way in which such operations are planned and managed. The book identifies the need to develop a culture of accountability, which should include institutionalizing processes aimed at anticipating unintended consequences as a routine part of all planning cycles, and the monitoring of effects, including unintended effects, so that steps can be taken to prevent and manage negative side-effects as early as possible.

Contents:

The analytical and conceptual framework

Diasporas in international conflict / Hazel Smith

A neglected relationship: diasporas and conflict resolution / Jacob Bercovitch

Gender, diasporas and post

cold war conflict / Nadje S. Al-Ali

The case studies

The Jewish diaspora and the Arab-Palestinian-Israeli conflict / Gabriel Sheffer

The Palestinian diaspora / Mohammed A. Bamyeh

The Armenian diaspora and the Karabagh conflict since 1988 / Khachig Tölölyan

A reluctant diaspora? the case of Colombia / Virginia M. Bouvier

The Cuban diaspora / Jean Grugel and Henry Kippin

The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora: sustaining conflict and pushing for peace / C. Christine Fair

Kurdish interventions in the Iraq war / Denise Natali

The mobilized Croatian diaspora: its role in homeland politics and war / Zlatko Skrbis

African diasporas and post-conflict reconstruction: an Eritrean case study / Khalid Koser

Political remittance: Cambodian diasporas in conflict and post conflict / Khatharya Um.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-299) and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7109-9

1-281-25315-4

9786611253141

1-281-25314-6

9786611253073

OCLC:

226379376