The Role of Peacekeepers in the 1990s

Swedish Experience in UNPROFOR

Bibliographic Data

ID2342836
AuthorsEva Johansson (0000-0001-6695-7989, National Defence College, Department of Leadership, Jdrnvdgsgatan 6, SE-652 25 Karlstad, Sweden, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume23
Issue3
Pages451-465
Publication date1997-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0095327x9702300307
OpenAlexW2087935130
LanguageEN
Citations received10

In recent years there has been a development towards more complex forms of UN peacekeeeping. One example of this is the UN mission in former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR), to which Sweden has contributed troops since 1992. A questionnaire study was conducted to gain information about the role of peacekeepers in this new kind of UN mission. The study includes data from four Swedish mechanized infantry battalions, which were deployed in Bosnia for six months each, from autumn 1993 to autumn 1995. The questionnaire was completed by a total of 3,505 persons in connection with the Swedish UN personnel demobilization procedures. This article presents some of their views and experiences and discusses these in relation to the role of peacekeepers in the 1990s

Demobilization · Infantry · Peacekeeping · Political science · Politics · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology · Public Administration

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