Award Date

Spring 2012

Degree Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Political Science

First Committee Member

John Tuman

Second Committee Member

Peter Starkweather

Third Committee Member

Tiffiany Howard

Number of Pages

162

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to examine the efforts of the United Nations in the Post-Cold War era with special emphasis on peacekeeping missions. A comparative study of recent United Nations peacekeeping operations will be completed to identify the variables that encourage or discourage international (UN) involvement in cases of civil conflict. For the purpose of this work, civil conflict will be narrowly defined as a domestic conflict with two major armed groups (ie: civil wars). Two countries will be studied to explore the nature of the respective conflicts, the transitional methods used by the peacekeeping mission to return to and/or institute democratic rule, and the mandates of each mission. Both cases will then be analyzed for similar factors, differing factors, and the effect of these on the peacekeeping mission. A variety of factors can affect United Nations involvement, including but not limited to the interests of influential figures, the economic costs of missions, and the power of advanced first world countries in the United Nations Security Council.

Keywords

Civil War; El Salvador; Intervention (International law); Peacekeeping forces; Rwanda; United Nations

Disciplines

International and Area Studies | International Relations | Models and Methods | Political History | Political Science | Political Theory

Language

English

Comments

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