UN Peacekeeping in Civil Wars - Softcover

Howard, Lise Morjé

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521707676 ISBN 13: 9780521707671

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Civil wars pose some of the most difficult problems in the world today and the United Nations is the organization generally called upon to bring and sustain peace. Lise Morjé Howard studies the sources of success and failure in UN peacekeeping. Her in-depth 2007 analysis of some of the most complex UN peacekeeping missions debunks the conventional wisdom that they habitually fail, showing that the UN record actually includes a number of important, though understudied, success stories. Using systematic comparative analysis, Howard argues that UN peacekeeping succeeds when field missions establish significant autonomy from UN headquarters, allowing civilian and military staff to adjust to the post-civil war environment. In contrast, failure frequently results from operational directives originating in UN headquarters, often devised in relation to higher-level political disputes with little relevance to the civil war in question. Howard recommends future reforms be oriented toward devolving decision-making power to the field missions.

About this title

Book Description

What determines success and failure in UN peacekeeping in civil wars? Debunking the conventional wisdom that they habitually fail, in this 2007 book Lise Morjé Howard shows that the UN's record includes a number of important successful cases, where field missions have established autonomy from UN headquarters.

About the Author

Lise Morjé Howard is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University and Director of the M.A. Program in Conflict Resolution.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521707676
• ISBN 13: 9780521707671
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 418