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Obstacle to peace? Ethnic geography and effectiveness of peacekeeping

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Di Salvatore, Jessica (2020) Obstacle to peace? Ethnic geography and effectiveness of peacekeeping. British Journal of Political Science, 50 (3). pp. 1089-1109. doi:10.1017/S0007123418000200 ISSN 1469-2112.

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Abstract

Under what conditions does peacekeeping reduce one-sided violence in civil wars? This article argues that local sources of violence, particularly ethnic geography, affect peacekeeping effectiveness. Existing studies focus on the features of individual missions, yet curbing one-sided violence also depends on peacekeepers’ capacity to reduce the opportunities and incentives for violence. Moving from the idea that territorial control is a function of ethnic polarization, the article posits that peacekeepers are less effective against one-sided violence where power asymmetries are large (low polarization) because they (1) create incentives for escalation against civilians and (2) are less effective at separating/monitoring combatants. The UN mission in Sierra Leone from 1997 to 2001 is examined to show that UN troops reduce one-sided violence, but their effectiveness decreases as power asymmetries grow.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Peacekeeping forces, Civil war, Violence -- Mathematical models, Ethnicity -- Political aspects
Journal or Publication Title: British Journal of Political Science
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 1469-2112
Official Date: July 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
July 2020Published
8 October 2018Available
7 March 2018Accepted
Volume: 50
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 1089-1109
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123418000200
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 14 May 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 21 June 2018
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