Does Peacekeeping Reduce Violence? Assessing Comprehensive Security of Contemporary Peace Operations in Africa

IF 0.6 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2018-03-26 DOI:10.5334/STA.576

M. Brosig, Norman Sempijja

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Abstract

Quantitative research evaluating the effect of peacekeeping operations usually links conflict abatement to the number of casualties in order to measure mission success. Such an approach is incomplete as security concerns extend far beyond the number of conflict related deaths. This narrow understanding of mission success leaves a significant assessment gap. Therefore this study is the first which presents comprehensive data using a wider understanding of violence and peace. We apply 11 indicators measuring security comprehensively. These range from the number of battle death, to violence against civilians, domestic unrest as well as domestic governance and political stability. In contrast to the mainstream quantitative literature our analysis shows that conflict often persists even with the deployment of peacekeepers. The absence of war (decline of battle death) does not automatically equate for non-violence and peace. In order to explain variation between cases we are also exploring the significance of different peacekeeping types, the size of developmental aid, rents from natural resources and the role of governance on conflict.

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维和能减少暴力吗?评估当代非洲和平行动的综合安全

评估维持和平行动效果的定量研究通常将冲突的减少与伤亡人数联系起来，以衡量特派团的成功。这种做法是不完整的，因为安全问题远远超出了与冲突有关的死亡人数。这种对任务成功的狭隘理解留下了重大的评估差距。因此，这项研究是第一个利用对暴力与和平的更广泛理解提供全面数据的研究。我们综合运用了11个衡量安全的指标。这些因素包括战斗死亡人数、针对平民的暴力行为、国内动乱以及国内治理和政治稳定。与主流定量文献相反，我们的分析表明，即使部署了维和人员，冲突也往往持续存在。没有战争(战争死亡人数减少)并不自动等同于非暴力与和平。为了解释不同情况之间的差异，我们还探讨了不同维和类型的重要性、发展援助的规模、自然资源的租金以及治理在冲突中的作用。

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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3.40

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11 weeks

期刊介绍： Stability: International Journal of Security & Development is a fundamentally new kind of journal. Open-access, it publishes research quickly and free of charge in order to have a maximal impact upon policy and practice communities. It fills a crucial niche. Despite the allocation of significant policy attention and financial resources to a perceived relationship between development assistance, security and stability, a solid evidence base is still lacking. Research in this area, while growing rapidly, is scattered across journals focused upon broader topics such as international development, international relations and security studies. Accordingly, Stability''s objective is to: Foster an accessible and rigorous evidence base, clearly communicated and widely disseminated, to guide future thinking, policymaking and practice concerning communities and states experiencing widespread violence and conflict. The journal will accept submissions from a wide variety of disciplines, including development studies, international relations, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology and history, among others. In addition to focusing upon large-scale armed conflict and insurgencies, Stability will address the challenge posed by local and regional violence within ostensibly stable settings such as Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and elsewhere.