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Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War

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Beardsley, K; Cunningham, DE; White, PB
Published in: Journal of Conflict Resolution
August 1, 2019

One of the proposed benefits of third-party involvement that has been offered to justify its use is that it helps reduce the severity of conflict. Existing work finding that peacekeeping operations reduce battle-related fatalities considers peacekeeping in isolation from other forms of third-party diplomatic involvement, such as mediation. We argue that mediation has its own effect on patterns of violence. Moreover, we argue that peacekeeping and mediation can have an interactive effect, in which each enhance the violence-reducing potential of the other. Using monthly data on battle-related deaths in African intrastate conflicts, we find that mediation is associated with reduced bloodshed. We also find, consistent with existing work, that a greater number of peacekeepers leads to a reduction in violence. In addition, we find that mediation and peacekeeping efforts reinforce one another, although each type of involvement is able to reduce battlefield fatalities independently.

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Journal of Conflict Resolution

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1552-8766

ISSN

0022-0027

Publication Date

August 1, 2019

Volume

63

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1682 / 1709

Related Subject Headings

  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • 4408 Political science
  • 4404 Development studies
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1605 Policy and Administration
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Beardsley, K., Cunningham, D. E., & White, P. B. (2019). Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 63(7), 1682–1709. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002718817092
Beardsley, K., D. E. Cunningham, and P. B. White. “Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 63, no. 7 (August 1, 2019): 1682–1709. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002718817092.
Beardsley K, Cunningham DE, White PB. Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2019 Aug 1;63(7):1682–709.
Beardsley, K., et al. “Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 63, no. 7, Aug. 2019, pp. 1682–709. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0022002718817092.
Beardsley K, Cunningham DE, White PB. Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2019 Aug 1;63(7):1682–1709.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Conflict Resolution

DOI

EISSN

1552-8766

ISSN

0022-0027

Publication Date

August 1, 2019

Volume

63

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1682 / 1709

Related Subject Headings

  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • 4408 Political science
  • 4404 Development studies
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1605 Policy and Administration
  • 1402 Applied Economics