Bove, Vincenzo and Elia, Leandro (2011) Supplying peace : participation in and troop contribution to peacekeeping missions. Journal of Peace Research, 48 (6). pp. 699-714. doi:10.1177/0022343311418265 ISSN 0022-3433.

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Abstract

We explore the supply side of peacekeeping – the determinants of a country’s voluntary contributions to peacekeeping operations. We focus on troop contribution and examine a large set of operations, from UN-led missions to operations led by NATO, the African Union, the European Union, and ad hoc coalitions. We rely on a theoretical model of the private provision of public goods and a dataset on troop contribution across 102 states and 45 operations from 1999 to 2009 to explain both the conditions under which third-party actors are more or less likely to intervene in peacekeeping operations and the factors determining the size of their personnel contribution. We use the characteristics of the conflict to identify which types of conflicts attract outside intervention and the characteristics of the intervener to identify the countries more willing to provide troops. We show that at the domestic level, contributions are driven by the comparative advantage in manpower – or the relative value of labor – and constrained by the tolerance of casualties and the sustainability of multiple and concurrent missions. At the international level, the most robust explanations of when states choose to intervene are the level of threat to global and regional stability, the proximity to the conflict area, and the number of displaced people. In particular, security and humanitarian concerns trigger nation-specific responses. Our empirical findings provide further evidence of the centrality of country-specific gains in explaining the participation in peacekeeping. However, contributor-specific benefits play the same role in UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions, in contrast with previous empirical studies on the financial burden-sharing.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Peacekeeping forces, Econometrics, Panel analysis -- Econometric models, Security, International
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Peace Research
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0022-3433
Official Date:	November 2011
Dates:	Date Event November 2011 Published
Volume:	48
Number:	6
Page Range:	pp. 699-714
DOI:	10.1177/0022343311418265
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	4 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	4 December 2015

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