More than Fighting for Peace?

Conflict Resolution, UN Peacekeeping, and the Role of Training Military Personnel

AvDavid Curran

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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This book provides a contemporary account of the linkages between the academic field of conflict resolution and the practice of military peacekeeping, through the lens of pre-deployment training for military personnel about to embark on UN peacekeeping operations. Military personnel serving on United Nations peacekeeping operations are deployed into highly challenging post-conflict environments, where the likelihood of violence remains high. Moreover, these personnel are deployed part of a wider peace process, and are thus situated as an anchor point in a transition from war to peace. This dimension of their work therefore means that a range of skills and techniques are relied upon, which come not from traditional military training, but from other, non-traditional fields. It is into this gap where the academic field of conflict resolution has made a valuable contribution to understanding international peacekeeping. Since the 1970’s, studies have sought to understand internationalpeacekeeping as a necessary stage in conflict de-escalation, and ultimately transformation. From this, there is a history of engagement including studies which seek to understand the skills peacekeepers may need to assist them in their day to day activities, and the role that international peacekeeping plays in wider projects of conflict transformation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-12-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 9 mm
Vikt:254 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science
Antal sidor:150
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319463032

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Dr. David Curran’s (UK) primary research interest is in developments in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping. Since completing his PhD at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford in 2011, he has undertaken research into a range of topic areas including the role of conflict resolution in training programmes for military peacekeepers; Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping; the evolution of rapid-reaction peacekeeping and peacebuilding forces such as the African Union standby brigades, EU battlegroups; and the potential of specialized UN rapid reaction capabilities. In addition, he has researched and published on the role of the United Kingdom in UN peacekeeping policy and practice.

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“This book offers a valuable contribution to the study of peacekeeping training practice. … More than Fighting for Peace is the first comprehensive study that traces the evolution of predeployment training and the political and pedagogic issues that impact on how peacekeeping training curriculum is designed and delivered. … Curran’s book offers an important contribution to the field of conflict resolution studies, critical peacekeeping/peacebuilding studies, and critical military studies … .” (Georgina Holmes, Armed Forces & Society, 2017)

Innehållsförteckning

1.Introduction.- 2. Peacekeeping, Conflict Resolution, and the Role of Training.- 3. The Development of Training Structures in the United Nations.- 4. Negotiation Training for Military Peacekeepers.- 5. Civil Military Relations.- 6. Towards the Military Conflict Resolution Practitioner?.- 7.Conclusion.

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