This research seeks to explore the behavior of international and regional organizations within conflict management. Previous research on conflict management primarily examines UN peacekeeping as the primary actor and lumps all non-UN actors into a single category. I disaggregate this category, examining how international and regional organizations interact when deciding to establish a peace mission, coordinate a peace mission with multiple organizations, and finally, how this interaction affects the success of peace missions. I propose a collective action theoretical framework in which organizations would rather another actor undertake the burden and costs of implementing a peace mission. I find the United Nations is motivated to overcome the collective action problem through an increase in the severity of the conflict. Regional organizations are motivated to establish a peace mission as the economic and political salience of the conflict increases, increasing the possibility of the regional organization acquiring club goods for its member states. The presence of a regional hegemon within a regional organization also significantly increases the likelihood of an organization both establishing a peace mission and taking on the primary role when coordinating a joint mission. I argue this is because a regional hegemon allows the organization to more easily overcome the collective action problem between its own member states due to the presence of a privileged actor.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500154 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Stull, Emily A. |
| Contributors | Salehyan, Idean, DeMeritt, Jacqueline Hope Rubin, Greig, J. Michael, Mason, T. David (Thomas David), 1950- |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | viii, 175 pages : color illustrations, Text |
| Rights | Public, Stull, Emily A., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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