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Zusatztext "This book will have wide appeal not only among scholars who study the issues of civil war! its termination! and the role of the UN and the international community! but also among any students and policymakers who are interested in one of the most fundamental and pressing questions of our time: how to build peace in states that are trying to recover from devastating civil wars." ---Lise Howard! Review of International Organizations Informationen zum Autor Michael W. Doyle & Nicholas Sambanis Klappentext Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945! the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn't. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis argue that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict! with the right authority and adequate resources. UN missions can be effective by supporting new actors committed to the peace! building governing institutions! and monitoring and policing implementation of peace settlements. But the UN is not good at intervening in ongoing wars. If the conflict is controlled by spoilers or if the parties are not ready to make peace! the UN cannot play an effective enforcement role. It can! however! offer its technical expertise in multidimensional peacekeeping operations that follow enforcement missions undertaken by states or regional organizations such as NATO. Finding that UN missions are most effective in the first few years after the end of war! and that economic development is the best way to decrease the risk of new fighting in the long run! the authors also argue that the UN's role in launching development projects after civil war should be expanded. Zusammenfassung Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn't. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis argue that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict, with the right authority and adequate resources. UN missions can be effective by supporting new actors committed to the peace, building governing institutions, and monitoring and policing implementation of peace settlements. But the UN is not good at intervening in ongoing wars. If the conflict is controlled by spoilers or if the parties are not ready to make peace, the UN cannot play an effective enforcement role. It can, however, offer its technical expertise in multidimensional peacekeeping operations that follow enforcement missions undertaken by states or regional organizations such as NATO. Finding that UN missions are most effective in the first few years after the end of war, and that economic development is the best way to decrease the risk of new fighting in the long run, the authors also argue that the UN's role in launching development projects after civil war should be expanded. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures ix List of Tables xi List of Boxes xiii Acknowledgments xv Acronyms xvii Chapter One: Introduction: War-Making! Peacebuilding! and the United Nations 1 The New Interventionism 6 Generations of UN Peace Operations 10 The Challenge of Peacebuilding 18 Plan of the Book 23 Chapter Two: Theoretical Perspectives 27 Internal (Civil) War and Peacebuilding 28 Theories of Civil War 31 Implications of Civil War Theory for UN Intervention 49 A Peacebuilding Triangle 63 Chapter Three: Testing Peacebuilding Strategies 69 Triangulating Peace 69 The Peacebuilding Dataset 72 Analysis of Peacebuilding Success in the Short Run 86 Policy Hypotheses and Hypothesis Testing 93 Policy Analysis 125 Conclusion 131 Appendix A: Definitions and Codin...
