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Against the Odds

Successful UN Peace Operations - A Theoretical Argument and Two Cases
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 2011

Summary

Komplexe VN-Friedensoperationen sollen Krisengebiete stabilisieren und wieder aufbauen. Doch Erfolge sind eher Ausnahme als Regel. Die Studie entwickelt einen alternativen Erklärungsansatz für die Performanz solcher Missionen. Dafür greift die Autorin auf Konzepte aus der Organisationstheorie zurück.

Die Studie geht von der Annahme aus, dass komplexe VN-Missionen von vorneherein schlechte Aussichten haben, ihre Aufgaben zu erfüllen: Sie müssen vor Ort unter widrigsten Umständen agieren und sind weder politisch noch ressourciell angemessen ausgestattet. Unter diesen Bedingungen entwickeln Missionen nahezu zwangsläufig so genannte organisationale Pathologien. Je virulenter solches Fehlverhalten wird, desto wahrscheinlicher wird ein Scheitern der Mission. Erfolg hängt dann entscheidend davon ab, wie gut die Pathologien bewältigt werden. Die Studie trägt solche „Coping“-Strategien zusammen, systematisiert sie und analysiert die zentrale Rolle der Missionsführung. Der empirische Teil der Untersuchung besteht aus Fallstudien zu den Missionen in Ostslawonien/Kroatien und Ost-Timor und gibt detaillierte Einblicke in die Realität der Einsätze.

Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2011
Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-3-8329-5636-3
ISBN-Online
978-3-8452-2945-4
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language
English
Pages
481
Product type
Book Titles

Table of contents

ChapterPages
  1. Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access 2 - 10 Elisabeth Schöndorf
  2. List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes No access 11 - 12 Elisabeth Schöndorf
  3. List of Abbreviations No access 13 - 16 Elisabeth Schöndorf
  4. Abstract No access 17 - 18 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    1. Bound to Fail? Inherent Problems of UN Peace Operations No access 19 - 23 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    2. Why this Book? No access 23 - 25 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    3. Structure No access 25 - 26 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    1. Political and Historical Context No access 27 - 33 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    2. Stages and Actors No access 33 - 41 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    1. State of the Art No access 42 - 44 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      1. Local Hostility No access 44 - 46 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Local Capacity No access 46 - 47 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      3. Precarious Member State Support No access 47 - 47 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      4. Rules for United Nations Peace Operations No access 47 - 49 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      5. Capacities for United Nations Peace Operations No access 49 - 50 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      6. Time Pressure and Complexity of the Challenges No access 50 - 52 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      1. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Cognitive Biases No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Principal-Agent Dilemmas No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Tight Coupling of Complex Interactions No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Path Dependence Deficiencies No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Coping with Cognitive Biases No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Coping with Principal-Agent Dilemmas No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Coping with Tight Coupling of Complex Interactions No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Coping with Path Dependence Deficiencies No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Conclusion No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
    4. Case Selection and Method of Analysis No access 75 - 80 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      1. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Genesis of Nations No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Tito’s Yugoslavia No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Nationalist Tensions and Conflict Leading to UN Intervention No access 87 - 90 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      3. Summary and Assessment No access 90 - 91 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      1. UN Engagement in the Balkans Prior to 1996 No access 91 - 93 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Local and International Dynamics No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. The Erdut Agreement No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      3. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Background Documents No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. UNTAES’ Mandate No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      4. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Mission Design No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Recruiting No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Financing No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      5. Summary and Assessment No access 111 - 113 Elisabeth Schöndorf
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        1. Arriving in Eastern Slavonia No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Setting up the Mission No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Demilitarization No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Humanitarian Action No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Summary and Assessment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Elisabeth Schöndorf
          1. UN Civilian Police and the Transitional Police Force No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          2. Civil Administration No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Elisabeth Schöndorf
          1. Restructuring the Joint Implementation Committees No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          2. “Hard-Nosed Approach” No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. The UNTAES Agreements and STACTA No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Summary and Assessment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      3. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Relation to Local Population No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Capacity-building No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Cooperation with International and Local Organizations No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Raising and Managing Resources No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Leadership Style and Relation to New York Headquarters No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        6. Summary and Assessment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      4. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Extension of the Mandate No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Elections No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Devolution and Arrangements Following UNTAES’ Withdrawal No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. After UNTAES No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Summary and Assessment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      1. Ill-Structured Conditions: Challenges, Constraints and Dilemmas No access 202 - 205 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Cognitive Biases No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Principal-Agent Dilemmas No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Elisabeth Schöndorf
          1. Deployment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          2. Termination No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Path Dependence Deficiencies No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Conclusion and Further Findings No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      1. Topography and History of the Region No access 240 - 243 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Indonesian Occupation No access 243 - 246 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      3. Excursus: The Socio-Political System of East Timor No access 246 - 251 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      4. Summary and Assessment No access 251 - 252 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      1. UN Engagement for East Timor prior to 1999 No access 252 - 254 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Negotiations to Reach the 5th May Agreement No access 254 - 255 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      3. Referendum and Renewed Outbursts of Violence No access 255 - 261 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      4. Mandating UNTAET No access 261 - 264 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      5. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Pre-Mandate Planning No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Operational Planning No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      6. Summary and Assessment No access 284 - 288 Elisabeth Schöndorf
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        1. Arriving in East Timor No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Demilitarization No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Humanitarian Action No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Installing the Mission: Drop a Brick No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Summary and Assessment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
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        1. The Technocratic Approach No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Redesign and Expansion of the State-Building Approach: Timorization No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Building Public Authorities No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Summary and Assessment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      3. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Local Dynamics No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. “Dead Wood” in the Districts No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Relation to Local Population No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Capacity-building No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Cooperation with International and Local Organizations No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        6. Raising and Managing Resources No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        7. Leadership Style and Relationship with New York Headquarters No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        8. Summary and Assessment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      4. Elisabeth Schöndorf
        1. Elections and Constitution-Building No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Extension of the Mandate No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Devolution and Arrangements Following UNTAET’s Withdrawal No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. After UNTAET No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Summary and Assessment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
      1. Ill-Structured Conditions: Challenges, Constraints, Dilemmas No access 380 - 385 Elisabeth Schöndorf
      2. Elisabeth Schöndorf
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          1. Deployment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          2. Mandate Implementation and Mission Management No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          3. Termination No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        2. Elisabeth Schöndorf
          1. Deployment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          2. Mandate Implementation and Mission Management No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          3. Termination No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        3. Elisabeth Schöndorf
          1. Deployment No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          2. Mandate Implementation and Mission Management No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
          3. Termination No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        4. Path Dependence Deficiencies No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
        5. Conclusion and Further Findings No access Elisabeth Schöndorf
    1. Contrasting the Transitional Managements of UNTAES and UNTAET No access 424 - 427 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    2. Ill-Structured Conditions No access 427 - 429 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    3. Pathologies and Accidents No access 429 - 431 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    4. Coping, Coping Fit, and Advantages No access 431 - 446 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    5. Excursus: An Alternative Concept of “Success” No access 446 - 449 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    6. Conclusion No access 449 - 454 Elisabeth Schöndorf
    7. Resumé No access 454 - 456 Elisabeth Schöndorf
  11. Bibliography No access 457 - 481 Elisabeth Schöndorf

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