Dangers of co-deployment : UN co-operative peacekeeping in Africa

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Title:

Author:

Francis, David J., 1965-

ISBN:

9780754640271

Publication Information:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2005.

Physical Description:

xv, 175 p. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Conceptualising peacekeeping -- UN peacekeeping operations : overview of case studies and relevance to evolving concepts and practice -- Conceptualising co-deployment -- International experiment with co-deployment -- Wars and armed conflicts in Africa : challenges to peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention in complex political emergencies -- UN peacekeeping in Africa : an overview -- OAU peacekeeping operations in Africa -- Alternative peacekeeping strategies prescribed for Africa -- UN and ECOMOG co-deployment in Liberia -- UN-ECOWAS-ECOMOG co-deployment in Sierra Leone.

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualising UN peacekeeping -- 3. Un peacekeeping operations : overview of case studies and relevance to evolving concepts and practice -- 4. Conceptualising co-deployment -- 5. International experiment with co-deployment -- 6. Wars and armed conflicts in Africa : challenges to peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention in complex political emergencies -- 7. UN peacekeeping in Africa : an overview -- 8. OAU peacekeeping operations in Africa -- 9. Alternative peacekeeping strategies prescribed for Africa -- 10. UN and ECOMOG co-deployment in Liberia -- 11. UN-ECOWAS-ECOMOG co-deployment in Sierra Leone -- 12. Conclusion.

Abstract:

"Tracing the evolution of UN peacekeeping, this volume explores its historical background and, by way of pertinent case studies, focuses on the changing nature of UN peacekeeping with particular reference to Africa, a continent that has been instrumental in shaping theory and practice." "The book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of both the capacity of the African Regional Intergovernmental Organizations in collective security peacekeeping, conflict management and resolution, and the collaboration between the UN and ECOWAS in Liberia and Sierra Leone."--BOOK JACKET.

Corporate Subject:

United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Subject Term:

Peacekeeping forces -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Geographic Term:

Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-

Added Author:

Francis, David J., 1965-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014024.html

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Tracing the evolution of UN peacekeeping, this engaging volume explores its historical background and, by way of pertinent case studies, focuses on the changing nature of UN peacekeeping with particular reference to Africa, a continent that has been instrumental in shaping theory and practice. The concept of co-deployment between the UN and regional/sub-regional organizations is constantly evolving, and is therefore studied in detail here. In this context, case studies of co-deployment such as Britain's IMAT, France's RECAMP and America's ACRI enable the authors to ascertain how they link to regional peacekeeping efforts in Africa. The book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of the capacity of the African Regional Intergovernmental Organizations in collective security, peacekeeping, conflict management and resolution, and the collaboration between the UN and ECOWAS in Liberia and Sierra Leone.