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Token forces : how tiny troop deployments became ubiquitous in UN peacekeeping / Katharina P. Coleman, Xiaojun Li.

By: Coleman, Katharina Pichler, 1975- [author.]Contributor(s): Li, Xiaojun, 1981- [author.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge elements. Elements in international relationsPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022Description: pages cm photocopyContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781009048835Subject(s): United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces | Deployment (Strategy)Additional physical formats: Online version:: Token forces.DDC classification: 341.584 LOC classification: JZ6374 | .C657 2022

Contents:

The Significance of Token Forces -- The Ubiquity of Token Forces in UN Peace Operations -- The Diffusion of Token Participation among UN Troop Contributors -- Token Forces from the UN's Perspective.

Summary: "How and why did token troop contributions - tiny military deployments within much larger coalitions - become the most common form of state participation in UN peace operations? In December 2020, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) had 48 troop contributing countries (TCCs) but 93 percent of its 12,758 troops were deployed by just ten states.1 35 MONUSCO troop contributors deployed less than 40 troops (roughly equivalent to a platoon) each, including 27 states contributing fewer than ten troops each. Collectively, these token contributors accounted for just 200 MONUSCO troops. Likewise, 32 of the 50 TCCs in the UN mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, deployed fewer than 40 troops each, jointly contributing just 168 of the mission's 11,457 military personnel. As we show in this Element, similar patterns are observable in other UN missions, consolidating from the mid-2000s onwards"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current location	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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The Significance of Token Forces -- The Ubiquity of Token Forces in UN Peace Operations -- The Diffusion of Token Participation among UN Troop Contributors -- Token Forces from the UN's Perspective.

"How and why did token troop contributions - tiny military deployments within much larger coalitions - become the most common form of state participation in UN peace operations? In December 2020, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) had 48 troop contributing countries (TCCs) but 93 percent of its 12,758 troops were deployed by just ten states.1 35 MONUSCO troop contributors deployed less than 40 troops (roughly equivalent to a platoon) each, including 27 states contributing fewer than ten troops each. Collectively, these token contributors accounted for just 200 MONUSCO troops. Likewise, 32 of the 50 TCCs in the UN mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, deployed fewer than 40 troops each, jointly contributing just 168 of the mission's 11,457 military personnel. As we show in this Element, similar patterns are observable in other UN missions, consolidating from the mid-2000s onwards"-- Provided by publisher.

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