UN peace operations and international policing
Subtitle: negotiating complexity, assessing impact and learning to learn
By: Charles T. Hunt
Series: Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution; Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781322130910
Subjects: Peacekeeping forces; Forces de maintien de la paix; International police; Peace-building; International cooperation; Conflict management; International relations; International Security; Police internationale; Consolidation de la paix; Coopération internationale; Gestion des conflits; Relations internationales; United Nations; Nations Unies
Description: "This book addresses the important question of how the United Nations (UN) should monitor and evaluate the impact of police in its peace operations. UN peace operations are a vital component of international conflict management. Since the end of the Cold War one of the foremost developments has been the rise of UN policing (UNPOL). Instances of UNPOL action have increased dramatically in number and have evolved from passive observation to participation in frontline law enforcement activities. Attempts to ascertain the impact of UNPOL activities have proven inadequate. This book seeks to redress this lacuna by investigating the ways in which the effects of peace operations - and UNPOL in particular - are monitored and evaluated. Furthermore, it aims to develop a framework, tested through field research in Liberia, for Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) that enables more effective impact assessment. By enhancing the relationship between field-level M & E and organisational learning this research aims to make an important contribution to the pursuit of more professional and effective UN peace operations. This book will be of much interest to students of peace operations, conflict management, policing, security studies and IR in general"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Context-setting; title: pt. 2. Theory and framework building; title: pt. 3. Empirical case study and implications.