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Bove, Vincenzo and Ruggeri, Andrea (2016) Kinds of blue : diversity in UN peacekeeping missions and civilian protection. British Journal of Political Science, 46 (3). pp. 681-700. doi:10.1017/S0007123415000034 ISSN 0007-1234.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007123415000034
Abstract
For a given number of troops in a peace operation, is it advisable to have soldiers from a single country, or should the UN recruit peacekeepers from a variety of donor countries? Since 1990, the number of contributors to peace operations has grown threefold, and most operations have carried the mandate to protect civilians. This article explores the effect of diversity in the composition of a mission, measured by fractionalization and polarization indices, on its performance in protecting civilians in Africa in the period 1991–2008. It finds that mission diversity decreases the level of violence against civilians, a result that holds when geographic and linguistic distances between countries are considered.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces, War -- Protection of civilians | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Political Science | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0007-1234 | ||||||||
Official Date: | July 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 46 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 20 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 681-700 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0007123415000034 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 December 2015 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 31 December 2015 |
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