Does Peacekeeping Work? : Shaping Belligerents' Choices after Civil War / Virginia Page Fortna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fortna, Virginia Page, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil war.

Civil war--Case studies.

Peace-building.

Peace-building--Case studies.

Local Subjects:

Civil war.

Civil war--Case studies.

Peace-building.

Peace-building--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the last fifteen years, the number, size, and scope of peacekeeping missions deployed in the aftermath of civil wars have increased exponentially. From Croatia and Cambodia, to Nicaragua and Namibia, international personnel have been sent to maintain peace around the world. But does peacekeeping work? And if so, how? In Does Peacekeeping Work? Virginia Page Fortna answers these questions through the systematic analysis of civil wars that have taken place since the end of the Cold War. She compares peacekeeping and nonpeacekeeping cases, and she investigates where peacekeepers go, showing that their missions are crucial to the most severe internal conflicts in countries and regions where peace is otherwise likely to falter. Fortna demonstrates that peacekeeping is an extremely effective policy tool, dramatically reducing the risk that war will resume. Moreover, she explains that relatively small and militarily weak consent-based peacekeeping operations are often just as effective as larger, more robust enforcement missions. Fortna examines the causal mechanisms of peacekeeping, paying particular attention to the perspective of the peacekept--the belligerents themselves--on whose decisions the stability of peace depends. Based on interviews with government and rebel leaders in Sierra Leone, Mozambique, and the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, Does Peacekeeping Work? demonstrates specific ways in which peacekeepers alter incentives, alleviate fear and mistrust, prevent accidental escalation to war, and shape political procedures to stabilize peace.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES, MAPS, AND TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ONE. Peacekeeping and the Peacekept. Questions, Definitions, and Research Design

TWO. Where Peacekeepers Go I. Hypotheses and Statistical Evidence

THREE. Where Peacekeepers Go II. Evidence from the Cases

FOUR. A Causal Theory of Peacekeeping

FIVE. Peacekeeping Works Evidence of Effectiveness

SIX. How Peacekeeping Works Causal Mechanisms from the Perspective of the Peacekept

SEVEN. Conclusion and Implications

APPENDIX A. The Data

APPENDIX B. Predicting the Degree of Difficulty of Maintaining Peace

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9786612964855

9781282964853

1282964852

9781400837731

1400837731

OCLC:

705945405