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Costalli, Stefano, Di Salvatore, Jessica and Ruggeri, Andrea (2023) Do UN peace operations help forcibly displaced people? Journal of Peace Research . doi:10.1177/00223433231186448 ISSN 0022-3433. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433231186448
Abstract
Do UN missions reduce forced displacement? Facing insecure environments, civilians are left with three choices: staying; moving to a safer community; or moving outside their country. Their aspiration and ability to move depend on individual characteristics and macro-level factors, such as the social, economic and political context in which these people live. Research shows that UN missions can impact and reset the macro-level context altered by war, especially in the security and economic domain. However, we lack empirical evidence on whether this impact helps UN peacekeeping tackle forced displacement and returns. This article offers the first global analysis of whether and how UN missions can shape aggregate population movements during civil wars. We combine data on outflows and returns of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) with data on distinct UN missions’ features that we expect to affect population movements, namely the size of their contingents and their mandated tasks. Using matched samples, we find that the unfolding of the outflows and inflows processes are affected by different features of UN missions. Sizeable deployments decrease IDPs flows and encourage their return; refugee outflows, on the other hand, may increase in presence of UN missions. Furthermore, missions with displacement-related mandates are associated with decreasing IDP flows overall, but only encourage refugees’ returns.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare 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, Forced migration, Refugees -- Housing, Refugees -- Government policy, Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc., Civil war -- Protection of civilians | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Peace Research | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0022-3433 | ||||||
Official Date: | September 2023 | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.1177/00223433231186448 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
Re-use Statement: | Posted ahead of print. Costalli, Stefano, Di Salvatore, Jessica and Ruggeri, Andrea (2023) Do UN peace operations help forcibly displaced people? Journal of Peace Research . ISSN 0022-3433. (In Press) Copyright © 2023 (The Author). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433231186448 Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | © The Author(s) 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 May 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 May 2023 | ||||||
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