UN Peace Operations
Lessons from Haiti, 1994-2016
By Eirin Mobekk | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
This book assesses the UN Peace Operations in Haiti and establishes what lessons should be taken into account for future operations elsewhere.
Specifically, the book examines the UN’s approaches to security and stability, demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR), police, justice and prison reform, democratisation, and transitional justice and their interdependencies through the seven UN missions in Haiti. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted in Haiti, it identifies strengths and weaknesses of these approaches and focuses on the connections between these different sectors. It places these efforts in the broader Haitian political context, emphasises economic development as a central factor to sustainability, provides a civil society perspective, and discusses the many constraints the UN faced in implementing its mandates. The book also serves as a historical account of UN involvement in Haiti, which comes at a time when the drawdown of the mission has begun. In an environment where the UN is increasingly seeking to conduct security sector reform (SSR) within the context of integrated missions, this book will be a valuable contribution to the debate on intervention, UN peace operations and SSR.
This book will be of interest to students of peace operations and peacekeeping, conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.
Editions of UN Peace Operations
- EBook
- ISBN 9781134714377
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- ISBN 9781134714308
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This book assesses the UN Peace Operations in Haiti and establishes what lessons should be taken into account for future operations elsewhere.
Specifically, the book examines the UN’s approaches to security and stability, demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR), police, justice and prison reform, democratisation, and transitional justice and their interdependencies through the seven UN missions in Haiti. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted in Haiti, it identifies strengths and weaknesses of these approaches and focuses on the connections between these different sectors. It places these efforts in the broader Haitian political context, emphasises economic development as a central factor to sustainability, provides a civil society perspective, and discusses the many constraints the UN faced in implementing its mandates. The book also serves as a historical account of UN involvement in Haiti, which comes at a time when the drawdown of the mission has begun. In an environment where the UN is increasingly seeking to conduct security sector reform (SSR) within the context of integrated missions, this book will be a valuable contribution to the debate on intervention, UN peace operations and SSR.
This book will be of interest to students of peace operations and peacekeeping, conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.
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What is UN Peace Operations about?
This book assesses the UN Peace Operations in Haiti and establishes what lessons should be taken into account for future operations elsewhere.
Specifically, the book examines the UN’s approaches to security and stability, demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR), police, justice and prison reform, democratisation, and transitional justice and their interdependencies through the seven UN missions in Haiti. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted in Haiti, it identifies strengths and weaknesses of these approaches and focuses on the connections between these different sectors. It places these efforts in the broader Haitian political context, emphasises economic development as a central factor to sustainability, provides a civil society perspective, and discusses the many constraints the UN faced in implementing its mandates. The book also serves as a historical account of UN involvement in Haiti, which comes at a time when the drawdown of the mission has begun. In an environment where the UN is increasingly seeking to conduct security sector reform (SSR) within the context of integrated missions, this book will be a valuable contribution to the debate on intervention, UN peace operations and SSR.
This book will be of interest to students of peace operations and peacekeeping, conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in UN Peace Operations?
Society and Social Sciences > Warfare and defence
Where can I read a sample of UN Peace Operations?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781134714377
Is UN Peace Operations part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Cass Series on Peacekeeping
Who is/are the Author/s of the book UN Peace Operations?
Eirin Mobekk
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
UN Peace Operations is available as ebook(ISBN 9781134714377) and pdf(ISBN 9781134714308)