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.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!