Mehrl, M orcid.org/0000-0002-5825-9256 and Dworschak, C (2022) Female rebels and United Nations peacekeeping deployments. Cooperation and Conflict: Nordic journal of international studies, 57 (4). pp. 457-477. ISSN 0010-8367
Abstract
How does the presence of female rebel combatants during conflict influence the likelihood of United Nations post-conflict peacekeeping deployment? While past literature on peacekeeping emphasizes the role of conflict attributes and security council interests, only few studies investigate the importance of belligerent characteristics. We argue that, because dominant gender stereotypes paint women as peaceful, female rebel combatants lead domestic and international audiences to perceive conflicts in which they fight as more severe. Given that recent UN resolutions and mission mandates align with these stereotypes, this in turn, causes the UN to intervene and deploy peacekeepers. Multivariate regression models drawing on a global sample of UN post-conflict missions provide empirical support for our hypothesis. Our findings add to the growing body of literature emphasizing the role of women in combat roles, and contribute to the discussion on the UN’s Women, Peace, and Security agenda.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | belligerent characteristics, conflict severity, peacekeeping, women in conflict |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2022 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:08 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00108367211047133 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192026 |