@article{Leib2019,
  author    = {Leib, Julia},
  title     = {The security and justice approach in liberia's peace process},
  series = {Peace economics, peace science, and public policy},
  volume    = {25},
  journal   = {Peace economics, peace science, and public policy},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {de Gruyter},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1554-8597},
  doi       = {10.1515/peps-2019-0033},
  pages     = {6},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {From the international perspective, the peace process in Liberia has generally been described as a successful model for international peacebuilding interventions. But how do Liberians perceive the peace process in their country? The aim of this paper is to complement an institutionalist approach looking at the security and justice mechanism in Liberia with some insights into local perceptions in order to answer the following question: how do Liberians perceive the peace process in their country and which institutions have been supportive for the establishment of sustaining peace? After briefly introducing the background of the Liberian conflict and the data collection, I present first results, analyzing the mechanism linking two peacebuilding institutions (peacekeeping and transitional justice) with the establishment of sustaining peace in Liberia.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Lange2018,
  author    = {Lange, Anne},
  title     = {On a small scale},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {337},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {This study argues that micro relations matter in peacekeeping. Asking what makes the implementation of peacekeeping interventions complex and how complexity is resolved, I find that formal, contractual mechanisms only rarely effectively reduce complexity - and that micro relations fill this gap. Micro relations are personal relationships resulting from frequent face-to-face interaction in professional and - equally importantly - social contexts. This study offers an explanation as to why micro relations are important for coping with complexity, in the form of a causal mechanism. For this purpose, I bring together theoretical and empirical knowledge: I draw upon the current debate on 'institutional complexity' (Greenwood et al. 2011) in organizational institutionalism as well as original empirical evidence from a within-case study of the peacekeeping intervention in Haiti, gained in ten weeks of field research. In this study, scholarship on institutional complexity serves to identify theoretical causal channels which guide empirical analysis. An additional, secondary aim is pursued with this mechanism-centered approach: testing the utility of Beach and Pedersen's (2013) theory-testing process tracing. Regarding the first research question - what makes the implementation of peacekeeping interventions complex -, the central finding is that complexity manifests itself in the dual role of organizations as cooperation partners and competitors for (scarce) resources, turf and influence. UN organizations, donor agencies and international NGOs implementing peacekeeping activities in post-conflict environments have chronic difficulty mastering both roles because they entail contradictory demands: effective cooperation requires information exchange, resource and responsibility-sharing as well as external scrutiny, whereas prevailing over competitors demands that organizations conceal information, guard resources, increase relative turf and influence, as well as shield themselves from scrutiny. Competition fuels organizational distrust and friction - and impedes cooperation. How is this complexity resolved? The answer to this second research question is that deep-seated organizational competition is routinely mediated - and cooperation motivated - in micro relations and micro interaction. Regular, frequent face-to-face interaction between individual organizational members generates social resources that help to transcend organizational distrust and conflict, most importantly familiarity with each other, personal trust and belief in reciprocity. Furthermore, informal conflict mediation and control mechanisms - namely, open discussion, mutual monitoring in direct interaction and social exclusion - enhance solidarity and mutual support.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{Scianna2018,
  author    = {Scianna, Bastian Matteo},
  title     = {A blueprint for successful peacekeeping?},
  series = {The International History Review},
  journal   = {The International History Review},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-412937},
  pages     = {24},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {On 6 June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon to fight the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Between August 1982 and February 1984, the US, France, Britain and Italy deployed a Multinational Force (MNF) to Beirut. Its task was to act as an interposition force to bolster the government and to bring peace to the people. The mission is often forgotten or merely remembered in context with the bombing of US Marines' barracks. However, an analysis of the Italian contingent shows that the MNF was not doomed to fail and could accomplish its task when operational and diplomatic efforts were coordinated. The Italian commander in Beirut, General Franco Angioni, followed a successful approach that sustained neutrality, respectful behaviour and minimal force, which resulted in a qualified success of the Italian efforts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{OPUS4-5152,
  title     = {Die Vereinten Nationen vor globalen Herausforderungen : Referate der Potsdamer UNO-Konferenzen 2000-2008},
  editor    = {Volger, Helmut and Weiß, Norman},
  isbn      = {978-3-86956-139-4},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-52355},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Der Forschungskreis Vereinte Nationen wurde 1999 als informelles Netzwerk f{\"u}r UN-Forschung gegr{\"u}ndet mit dem Ziel, den Informationsaustausch unter den Wissenschaftlern der verschiedenen Fachdisziplinen und den Dialog mit den Praktikern zu f{\"o}rdern. Die regelm{\"a}ßig stattfindenden Potsdamer UNO-Konferenzen des Forschungskreises Vereinte Nationen widmen sich der kritischen Analyse der UN-Forschung. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus bieten sie ein Forum f{\"u}r die Diskussion mit Politikern, UN-Mitarbeitern, Diplomaten und Journalisten {\"u}ber die Aufgaben der Vereinten Nationen und ihre Strukturen sowie {\"u}ber Konzepte zu ihrer Reform. Im vorliegenden Buch werden wichtige Referate der Potsdamer UNO-Konferenzen 2000 - 2008 ver{\"o}ffentlicht, die sich unter anderem den Themenbereichen Friedenssicherung, Menschenrechtsschutz und Umweltschutz durch die Vereinten Nationen, der Reform der UN-Hauptorgane sowie der deutschen UN-Politik und der UN-Politik im Rahmen der Europ{\"a}ischen Union widmen, und die erg{\"a}nzt werden durch Beitr{\"a}ge der beiden Herausgeber zu den Problemen und Perspektiven der UN-Forschung in Deutschland.},
  language  = {de}
}
@misc{Kraemer2005,
  author    = {Kr{\"a}mer, Sascha},
  title     = {Zahlen und Fakten},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48304},
  year      = {2005},
  abstract  = {Vergleiche f{\"u}r: - Gr{\"o}ße der Armee - L{\"a}nder ohne regul{\"a}re Streitkr{\"a}fte - Wehrpflicht - Milit{\"a}rausgaben - Peacekeeping-Missionen - Beteiligung am Irakkrieg - registrierte Schusswaffen in Mittelamerika},
  language  = {de}
}