Journal article
Kinds of blue: diversity in UN peacekeeping missions and civilian protection
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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 ci...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 433.4KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/S0007123415000034
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- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Journal of Political Science Journal website
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 681-700
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-01
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1469-2112
- ISSN:
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0007-1234
- Source identifiers:
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572783
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- pubs:572783
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- 2015-11-12
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015.
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