United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple transformations over the more than seventy years of their existence. Multidimensional peace operations have organised elections, helped deliver humanitarian assistance, advised on army and police reform, and fought rebel groups. Such operations not only represent a core pillar of the multilateral peace and security architecture but also fundamentally reshape lives of millions of people around the world.
This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of multiple theoretical perspectives on UN peace operations. It offers practical examples of how International Relations theories apply to specific policy issues and simultaneously demonstrates how major debates on UN peace operations – on civilian protection, local ownership, or gender mainstreaming – benefit from theoretical exploration. With insightful contributions from a range of international academics, UN peace operations and International Relations theory is an essential book for scholars, students, and experts working on peace and security and the broader issue of international cooperation.
Table of Content
United Nations peace operations and International Relations theory: An introduction– Kseniya Oksamytna and John Karlsrud
1 Realism – Philip Cunliffe
2 Liberal institutionalism – Carla Monteleone and Kseniya Oksamytna
3 Rational choice institutionalism – Yf Reykers
4 Sociological institutionalism – Sarah von Billerbeck
5 Constructivism – Marion Laurence and Emily Paddon Rhoads
6 Practice theories – Ingvild Bode
7 Critical security studies – Lucile Maertens
8 Feminist institutionalism – Georgina Holmes
9 Complexity theory – Charles T. Hunt
Concluding refl ections: International Relations theory and the study of UN peace operations – Mats Berdal
About the author
Kseniya Oksamytna is a Research Associate at King’s College London
John Karlsrud is a Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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