When Do UN Peacekeeping Operations Implement Their Mandates

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6232049
AutoresRobert A Blair (0000-0001-6054-1421, Brown University, autor correspondente), Jessica Di Salvatore (0000-0001-7654-9794, University of Warwick, autor correspondente), Hannah M Smidt (0000-0003-4202-0037, University of Zurich, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume66
Fascículo3
Páginas664-680
Data de publicação2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ajps.12650
OpenAlexW3185283209
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas42

Under what conditions do UN peacekeeping operations (PKOs) implement the tasks in their mandates? Contemporary PKOs are expected to fulfill increasingly fragmented mandates in active conflict zones. We argue that these two trends—increasingly fragmented mandates, increasingly implemented amidst violence—exacerbate delegation and coordination problems that hinder PKOs from pursuing mandated tasks, potentially undermining their legitimacy in the eyes of the Security Council, troop‐contributing countries, and host governments. Combining new data sets on PKO activities and mandates in Africa (1998–2016) and using instrumental variables and two‐way fixed effects models, we find that mandate fragmentation is negatively correlated with mandate implementation, especially for peacebuilding tasks. Ongoing violence is also negatively correlated with implementation of peacebuilding tasks, but not with security tasks. We show that this is likely due to the offsetting effects of violence perpetrated by governments and rebels, as PKOs are better equipped to respond to the latter

Business · Delegation · Legitimacy · Mandate · Peacebuilding · Peacekeeping · Political science · Public relations · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration