Participants in Peace-Keeping Forces

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ID8911250
AuthorsJohan Galtung (Chair in Conflict and Peace Research, University of Oslo, corresponding author), Helge Hveem (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)
Year1976
Volume11
Issue1
Pages25-40
Publication date1976-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001083677601100102
OpenAlexW1981617587
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Galtung, J. & Hveem, H. Participants in Peace-Keeping Forces. Cooperation and Conflict, XI, 1976, 25-40. The article is based on a questionnaire mail study of participants in the United Nations peace-keeping forces in Gaza and in the Congo. It is focussed on the problem of closeness vs. distance to the phenomenon of peace-keeping. By and large the studies show that the participants wanted more closeness to the local inhabitants, whereas the way the UNPKF was organized, was based on considerable distance. There was also a demand for a much higher level of insight in the conflict and the operation than had been given during the briefings. Questions about the attitude to the concrete conflicts reveal relatively standard Western attitudes and prejudices both in the Middle East and the Congo theaters. Finally, the possibility of some type of peace-keeping force based on more closeness and involvement is dis cussed, concluding that under the present political conditions this would hardly be feasible. Johan Galtung, Chair in Conflict and Peace Research, University of Oslo. Helge Hveem, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo

Closeness · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Mathematics · Peacebuilding and International Security

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