Birte Julia Gippert
Biographic Data
| ID | 4097026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Birte Julia Gippert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Birte Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Gippert |
| SIGNATURE | GIPPERT B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7960-4725 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism
Why do countries hosting United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations tend to consolidate authoritarian forms of governance, despite the UN’s own stated aim of promoting democratization? This book advances a theoretically innovative and empirically rich answer to this question: while the UN does not intentionally promote authoritarianism, it faces a number of constraints and dilemmas that give rise to what we call authoritarian enabling. Enabling …
All means necessary? Local legitimacy of peacekeepers' use of force for civilian protection in Haiti and the DRC
Recent popular protests against peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Mali have raised concerns about a legitimacy crisis that goes to the heart of peacekeeping practice—the protection of civilians (PoC). In this article, I provide an exploratory, qualitative examination of the relationship between peacekeepers' use of force and local legitimacy perceptions in the context of PoC. While previous work has established the ca…
Bad versus good enough
Why do decision-makers choose to create new international institutions, even though an existing institution appears to be both suitable and good enough? This article examines this puzzle. Existing literature suggests that a status quo bias leads decision-makers to view the creation of a new institution as the choice of last resort. Existing institutions will, therefore, be used or modified when they are suitable for a given cooperation problem an…
Theorizing Decision-Making in International Bureaucracies
Many international organizations (IOs) provide assistance to governments through country offices or peacekeeping operations. Sometimes, government authorities in countries receiving IO services violate norms that underpin the IO’s engagement. IO officials must then choose between confrontational and conciliatory responses. These responses are located on a spectrum that ranges from a firm and public response to silence and downplaying. How do IO o…
Conclusion
Local Legitimacy in Peacebuilding
This book analyses the role of legitimacy in explaining local actors’ compliance with international peacebuilding operations. The book provides a comparative, micro-level study of local actors’ reasons for compliance with or resistance to international peacebuilding. Specifically, it analyses three pathways to compliance –legitimacy, coercion, and reward-seeking – to explore local police officers’ compliance with the reforms stipulated by the EU …
Legitimacy in Conflict
The study of legitimacy in situations of conflict and peacebuilding has increased in recent years. However, current work on the topic adopts many assumptions, definitions, and understandings from classical legitimacy theory, which centers on the relationship between the nation-state and its citizens. In this introduction, we provide a detailed critical overview of current theories of legitimacy and legitimation and demonstrate why they have only …
Legitimacy and Coercion in Peacebuilding
Despite the tendency of the power literature to analyse legitimacy and coercion in isolation, both theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that coercion and legitimacy are not parallel lines but can interact in different ways, supporting or undermining each other. A methodical exploration of the relationship between legitimacy and coercion is important not only for improving the theoretical literatures on power and legitimacy but also in the l…
The interaction between local and international power in EU police reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article explores the interaction between local and international power structures in EU peacebuilding. While citizens in a state only face order from one authority (the state), local actors in a peacebuilding context are subject to orders from two institutions (the domestic state and the peacebuilding mission). This article explores the nature of interactions of these two institutions and their effect on local police officers’ compliance and…
Local Legitimacy in Peacebuilding
The sum of its parts? Sources of local legitimacy
The article analyses the sources of local actors’ legitimacy perceptions towards international peacebuilding operations. Local legitimacy perceptions are increasingly recognised as shaping local behaviour towards international peacebuilding, which influences the effective functioning of the operation. Legitimacy debates in peacebuilding are either absent or imported from the literature on domestic legitimacy, without respect to the specific tempo…
Exploring local compliance with peacebuilding reforms
This article explores why local police officers choose to comply or to resist the police reforms stipulated by an international peacebuilding mission operating in their country. In order to understand the role and impact of local agency and shine light on local actors’ compliance decisions, this article analyses two examples of police reform of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. This article makes three contributions to the peacebuilding and c…
Theorizing Decision-Making in International Bureaucracies
Many international organizations (IOs) provide assistance to governments through country offices or peacekeeping operations. Sometimes, government authorities in countries receiving IO services violate norms that underpin the IO’s engagement. IO officials must then choose between confrontational and conciliatory responses. These responses are located on a spectrum that ranges from a firm and public response to silence and downplaying. How do IO o…
Legitimacy in Conflict
The study of legitimacy in situations of conflict and peacebuilding has increased in recent years. However, current work on the topic adopts many assumptions, definitions, and understandings from classical legitimacy theory, which centers on the relationship between the nation-state and its citizens. In this introduction, we provide a detailed critical overview of current theories of legitimacy and legitimation and demonstrate why they have only …
The sum of its parts? Sources of local legitimacy
The article analyses the sources of local actors’ legitimacy perceptions towards international peacebuilding operations. Local legitimacy perceptions are increasingly recognised as shaping local behaviour towards international peacebuilding, which influences the effective functioning of the operation. Legitimacy debates in peacebuilding are either absent or imported from the literature on domestic legitimacy, without respect to the specific tempo…
Legitimacy and Coercion in Peacebuilding
Despite the tendency of the power literature to analyse legitimacy and coercion in isolation, both theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that coercion and legitimacy are not parallel lines but can interact in different ways, supporting or undermining each other. A methodical exploration of the relationship between legitimacy and coercion is important not only for improving the theoretical literatures on power and legitimacy but also in the l…
The interaction between local and international power in EU police reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article explores the interaction between local and international power structures in EU peacebuilding. While citizens in a state only face order from one authority (the state), local actors in a peacebuilding context are subject to orders from two institutions (the domestic state and the peacebuilding mission). This article explores the nature of interactions of these two institutions and their effect on local police officers’ compliance and…
Exploring local compliance with peacebuilding reforms
This article explores why local police officers choose to comply or to resist the police reforms stipulated by an international peacebuilding mission operating in their country. In order to understand the role and impact of local agency and shine light on local actors’ compliance decisions, this article analyses two examples of police reform of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. This article makes three contributions to the peacebuilding and c…
Exploring local compliance with peacebuilding reforms
This article explores why local police officers choose to comply or to resist the police reforms stipulated by an international peacebuilding mission operating in their country. In order to understand the role and impact of local agency and shine light on local actors’ compliance decisions, this article analyses two examples of police reform of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. This article makes three contributions to the peacebuilding and c…
The sum of its parts? Sources of local legitimacy
The article analyses the sources of local actors’ legitimacy perceptions towards international peacebuilding operations. Local legitimacy perceptions are increasingly recognised as shaping local behaviour towards international peacebuilding, which influences the effective functioning of the operation. Legitimacy debates in peacebuilding are either absent or imported from the literature on domestic legitimacy, without respect to the specific tempo…
Conclusion
Local Legitimacy in Peacebuilding
This book analyses the role of legitimacy in explaining local actors’ compliance with international peacebuilding operations. The book provides a comparative, micro-level study of local actors’ reasons for compliance with or resistance to international peacebuilding. Specifically, it analyses three pathways to compliance –legitimacy, coercion, and reward-seeking – to explore local police officers’ compliance with the reforms stipulated by the EU …
Legitimacy in Conflict
The study of legitimacy in situations of conflict and peacebuilding has increased in recent years. However, current work on the topic adopts many assumptions, definitions, and understandings from classical legitimacy theory, which centers on the relationship between the nation-state and its citizens. In this introduction, we provide a detailed critical overview of current theories of legitimacy and legitimation and demonstrate why they have only …
Legitimacy and Coercion in Peacebuilding
Despite the tendency of the power literature to analyse legitimacy and coercion in isolation, both theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that coercion and legitimacy are not parallel lines but can interact in different ways, supporting or undermining each other. A methodical exploration of the relationship between legitimacy and coercion is important not only for improving the theoretical literatures on power and legitimacy but also in the l…
The interaction between local and international power in EU police reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article explores the interaction between local and international power structures in EU peacebuilding. While citizens in a state only face order from one authority (the state), local actors in a peacebuilding context are subject to orders from two institutions (the domestic state and the peacebuilding mission). This article explores the nature of interactions of these two institutions and their effect on local police officers’ compliance and…
Local Legitimacy in Peacebuilding
Theorizing Decision-Making in International Bureaucracies
Many international organizations (IOs) provide assistance to governments through country offices or peacekeeping operations. Sometimes, government authorities in countries receiving IO services violate norms that underpin the IO’s engagement. IO officials must then choose between confrontational and conciliatory responses. These responses are located on a spectrum that ranges from a firm and public response to silence and downplaying. How do IO o…
United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism
Why do countries hosting United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations tend to consolidate authoritarian forms of governance, despite the UN’s own stated aim of promoting democratization? This book advances a theoretically innovative and empirically rich answer to this question: while the UN does not intentionally promote authoritarianism, it faces a number of constraints and dilemmas that give rise to what we call authoritarian enabling. Enabling …
All means necessary? Local legitimacy of peacekeepers' use of force for civilian protection in Haiti and the DRC
Recent popular protests against peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Mali have raised concerns about a legitimacy crisis that goes to the heart of peacekeeping practice—the protection of civilians (PoC). In this article, I provide an exploratory, qualitative examination of the relationship between peacekeepers' use of force and local legitimacy perceptions in the context of PoC. While previous work has established the ca…
Bad versus good enough
Why do decision-makers choose to create new international institutions, even though an existing institution appears to be both suitable and good enough? This article examines this puzzle. Existing literature suggests that a status quo bias leads decision-makers to view the creation of a new institution as the choice of last resort. Existing institutions will, therefore, be used or modified when they are suitable for a given cooperation problem an…
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Legitimacy (7 works) · Peacebuilding (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (5 works)