How peace operations work : power, legitimacy, and effectiveness / Jeni Whalan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whalan, Jeni.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building.

Peacekeeping forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title examines the effectiveness of peace operations arguing that their success depends on the decisions and behaviour of diverse local actors. It concludes that high quality local cooperation is more likely when the operations are perceived locally to be legitimate.

Contents:

Cover; How Peace Operations Work: Power, Legitimacy, and Effectiveness; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; List of Figures and Tables ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; The Argument in Brief ; The Power-Legitimacy Framework ; Power ; Legitimacy ; The Cases: UNTAC and RAMSI ; Conceptual Method ; Outline of the Book

1. Peace Operations through the Local Lens Part I: Peace Operations in International Governance ; Peace Operations as International Institutions ; Peace Operations as Domestic Governance ; Part II: Dominant Analytical Frameworks ; Functionalism and the Post-Cold War Security Agenda

The Normative Power of Peace Operations Principal-Agent Analysis ; Dilemma Analysis ; Part III: The Local Level of Analysis ; Conclusion ; 2. Power, Legitimacy, and their Relationship ; The Compulsory Power of Peace Operations ; Power in International Relations Theory

Three Currencies of Power Coercion ; Inducement ; Legitimacy ; Authority, Power, and Legitimacy ; The Relationship between Power and Legitimacy ; What is Legitimacy? ; How Does Legitimacy Work? ; Types and Strategies of Legitimation ; Source Legitimacy ; Substantive Legitimacy

Procedural Legitimacy Conclusion: The Power-Legitimacy Framework ; 3. UNTAC-The Failures of Ceasefire, Disarmament, and Demobilization ; The Conflict Setting ; The Effectiveness of UNTAC: An Overview ; Ceasefire, Demobilization, and Elections: Khmer Rouge Non-Compliance

Local Interests: The Peace Process as an Elite Bargain

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 2, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-165234-2

0-19-967218-0

OCLC:

868231770