How peace operations work: power, legitimacy, and effectiveness

This title examines the effectiveness of peace operations arguing that their success depends on the decisions and behaviour of diverse local actors. It concludes that high quality local cooperation is more likely when the operations are perceived locally to be legitimate

The book examines the effectiveness of peace operations, arguing that their success depends on the decisions and behaviour of diverse local actors. It concludes that high quality local cooperation is more likely when the operations are perceived locally to be legitimate.

Peace Operations Through the Local Lens -- Power, Legitimacy, and Their Relationship -- UNTAC-The Failures of Ceasefire, Disarmament, and Demobilization -- UNTAC's Successes-Elections, Refugee Repatriation, and Military Unification -- RAMSI's First Phase -- Early Effectiveness in 2003-2004 -- RAMSI after 2004-The Challenges of Governance Reform and Capacity Building -- Conclusion: the power of ligitimacy.

This title examines the effectiveness of peace operations arguing that their success depends on the decisions and behaviour of diverse local actors. It concludes that high quality local cooperation is more likely when the operations are perceived locally to be legitimate.

"When powerful states and international organizations decide to respond to violent conflict around the world, their preferred policy instrument is to deploy peace operations -- institutions that must serve both the international politics of their creation as well as the fractured local societies they aim to transform. But while their international face has been widely analysed, we know less about how peace operations function 'on the ground.' In How Peace Operations Work, Jeni Whalan addresses this critical dimension of peacekeeping. She analyses the effectiveness of peace operations through a local lens, asking new questions about how they work, and generating new insights about how they might be made to work better."--book jacket