United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism / Sarah von Billerbeck [and three others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table Of Contents -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Peacekeeping Operations and the Domestic Politics of Host States -- Argument in Brief: A Theory of Authoritarian Enabling -- Why Read This Book -- Research Design -- Overview of the Book -- 2 UN Peacekeeping, Democracy, and Authoritarianism -- Introduction -- The Emergence of a UN Democracy Agenda -- The Application of the Democracy Agenda in UN Peacekeeping -- The Effects of Peacekeeping on Regime Type -- Peacekeeping and Authoritarian Enabling -- The Sources of Authoritarian Enabling -- Conclusion -- 3 Acquiesce for Success: UNTAC in Cambodia -- Introduction -- The Cambodian Conflict and the Road to UNTAC -- UNTAC and the Politics of Enabling -- Signaling a Permissive Environment: UNTAC and Electoral Malpractice -- Signaling a Permissive Environment: Post-Election Power Sharing -- Conclusion -- 4 Don't Rock the Boat—the Devil You Know Is in It: MONUC/MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Introduction -- The Congo Wars and the Road to MONUC/MONUSCO -- MONUC/MONUSCO and the Politics of Enabling -- Building Capacity: Political Institutions -- Building Capacity: Security Institutions -- Signaling a Permissive Environment -- Conclusion -- 5 Do as We Say, Not as We Do: MINUSTAH in Haiti -- Introduction -- Conflict in Haiti and the Road to MINUSTAH -- MINUSTAH and the Politics of Enabling -- Building Capacity: Security Institutions -- Signaling a Permissive Environment -- Conclusion -- 6 How Do You Criticize a Global Superstar? UNMIL in Liberia -- Introduction -- The Second Liberian Civil War and the Road to UNMIL -- UNMIL and the Politics of Enabling -- Building Capacity: Political Institutions -- Building Capacity: Security Institutions -- Signaling a Permissive Environment -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Introduction -- Comparative Analysis of Findings -- Is Authoritarian Enabling Inevitable? -- Way Forward: Implications for Practice -- Contributions and Directions for Future Research -- Appendix I: UN Sources -- Bibliography -- Index

Why do countries hosting UN peacekeeping operations tend to consolidate authoritarian forms of governance, despite the UN's own stated aim of promoting democratization? This book advances a theoretically innovative and empirically rich answer to this question: while the UN does not intentionally promote authoritarianism, it faces a number of constraints and dilemmas that give rise to what we call authoritarian enabling. Enabling can occur through two mechanisms, capacity building and the creation of a permissive environment, which enhance the ability of host governments to engage in authoritarian behavior and signal to them that doing so is low-cost. We illustrate these two mechanisms with four in-depth case studies of UN peacekeeping operations: UNTAC in Cambodia, Monuc/Monusco in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Minustah in Haiti, and UNMIL in Liberia. While enabling stops short of the outright promotion of authoritarianism, it explains why the UN's activities often appear to contradict its stated objectives and the outcomes it delivers fall short of its goals. In addition to its theoretical and empirical contributions, the book suggests how these dilemmas and challenges can be overcome

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