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Bove, Vincenzo, Di Salvatore, Jessica and Elia, Leandro (2022) UN peacekeeping and households' well-being in civil wars. American Journal of Political Science, 66 (2). pp. 402-417. doi:10.1111/ajps.12644 ISSN 0092-5853.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12644
Abstract
Civil wars affect the economic conditions of households by disrupting economic transactions and harming their psychological well-being. To restore basic conditions for local economic recovery in conflict-torn regions, the international community has only a limited number of tools at its disposal. We ask whether UN peacekeeping is one instrument to mitigate the negative effect of conflict on households' economic well-being. We argue that, by reducing violence and heightening perceptions of safety, UN missions (i) encourage labour provision and economic exchanges, and (ii) instill confidence by reducing the psychological impact of daily stressors. Combining high-frequency household survey data and information on subnational deployment of UN peacekeepers in South Sudan, we show that peacekeepers military presence improves security (observed and perceived), which in turn revitalize local economies and households' subjective well-being. These improvements ultimately boost households' consumption, partially countering the negative effect of ongoing civil wars by keeping local communities' economy afloat.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | 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 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | American Journal of Political Science | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0092-5853 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 66 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 402-417 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/ajps.12644 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: 'Bove, V., Salvatore, J.D. and Elia, L. (2021), UN Peacekeeping and Households' Well-Being in Civil Wars. American Journal of Political Science. doi:10.1111/ajps.12644', which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12644. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | ©2021, Midwest Political Science Association | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 February 2021 | ||||||||
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