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Tangled up in blue : the effect of UN Peacekeeping on nonviolent protests in post-civil war countries
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Belgioioso, Margherita, Di Salvatore, Jessica and Pinckney, Jonathan (2021) Tangled up in blue : the effect of UN Peacekeeping on nonviolent protests in post-civil war countries. International Studies Quarterly, 65 (1). pp. 1-15. doi:10.1093/isq/sqaa015 ISSN 1468-2478.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqaa015
Abstract
Do peacekeeping missions facilitate nonviolent political contention in post-civil war countries? The nonviolent expression of political grievances is a crucial part of the post-civil war peacebuilding process but is understudied thus far. We claim that the presence of peacekeepers significantly contributes to establishing a secure environment for nonviolent political contention, particularly nonviolent public protest. In addition, we claim that peacekeeping missions with personnel from countries with robust civil societies are more likely to promote nonviolent political contention because of prior socialization to civic engagement and bottom-top political participation. This is particularly true for UN police personnel (UNPOL), who both train local police forces and have the most direct interaction with protesters. We test our hypotheses using a newly-crafted dataset on nonviolent protests in post-civil war countries and peacekeeping missions’ presence, size, and home-country composition. We find that peacekeeping missions’ presence significantly increases nonviolent protests in post-civil war country-years. This effect is largely explained by the presence of UNPOL from countries with strong civil societies. Our findings have important implications for our understanding of post-civil war political revitalization and policy implications for the composition of peacekeeping missions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces, Peacekeeping forces, Leadership, Nonviolence | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Studies Quarterly | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1468-2478 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | March 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 65 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-15 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/isq/sqaa015 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in International Studies Quarterly following peer review. The version of record Margherita Belgioioso, Jessica Di Salvatore, Jonathan Pinckney, Tangled up in Blue: The Effect of UN Peacekeeping on Nonviolent Protests in Post–Civil War Countries, International Studies Quarterly, , sqaa015 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqaa015 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 January 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 April 2022 |
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