Winning Haiti's Protection Competition

Organized Crime and Peace Operations Past, Present and Future

Bibliographic Data

ID12536935
AuthorsJames Cockayne (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume16
Issue1
Pages77-99
Publication date2009-01-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Peacekeeping (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1353-3312 • E-ISSN: 1743-906X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13533310802485476
OpenAlexW2030879802
LanguageEN
Citations received14

This article draws lessons from the experiences of international involvement in Haiti from 1990 to the present day. It argues that if the model of liberal, responsible government championed by the international community is to provide a resolution to the ongoing violence and instability in Haiti, then Haitian society will first have to be wooed away from coercive ‘protection’ by local and transnational organized crime. However, it argues that peace operations as they are currently conceived and deployed are ill-equipped for this task, given their limited territorial ambit and traditional focus on military response rather than political economy. However, the article concludes that experiences in Haiti may also offer lessons about how peace operations could win ‘protection competitions’ by serving as the leading edge of a unified international strategy for the transformation of local political economies

Competition (biology · Conflict resolution · Government (linguistics · International community · Organised crime · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration

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