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Blair, Robert, Di Salvatore, Jessica and Smidt, Hannah M. (2022) UN peacekeeping and democratization in conflict-affected countries. American Political Science Review . doi:10.1017/S0003055422001319 ISSN 0003-0554. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055422001319
Abstract
Does UN peacekeeping promote democracy in countries wracked by civil war? Existing studies are limited and reach contradictory conclusions. We develop a theory to explain how peacekeepers can help overcome key obstacles to democratization in conflict-affected countries, then test our theory by combining three original datasets on UN mandates, personnel, and activities covering all UN missions in Africa since the end of the Cold War. Using fixed effects and instrumental variables estimators, we show that UN missions with democracy promotion mandates are strongly positively correlated with the quality of democracy in host countries, but that the magnitude of the relationship is larger for civilian rather than uniformed personnel; stronger when peacekeepers engage rather than bypass host governments when implementing reforms; driven in particular by UN election administration and oversight; and more robust during periods of peace than during periods of civil war.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (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, War -- Protection of civilians, Peacekeeping forces , Peace-building , Democracy | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | American Political Science Review | ||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0003-0554 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 30 January 2022 | ||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1017/S0003055422001319 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in American Political Science Review https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 July 2022 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 July 2022 | ||||||
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