ABSTRACT

What makes a UN member state contribute more peacekeepers to be deployed in hostile environments and place their troops at risk? A significant amount of scholarly research explores the need for, and effectiveness of, UN peacekeeping in conflict zones around the world. Few studies examine the factors that determine the size of peacekeeping contributions, and these studies do not focus on the role of neoliberal institutions. This study examines the relationship between the degree of linkages in neoliberal institutions and the size of peacekeeping contributions. I argue that the degree of linkages in neoliberal international institutions creates structural conditions that facilitate the information gathering process on the preferences and needs of UN member states and incentivize these states to contribute more peacekeeping troops. In my analysis of UN peacekeeping troop contributions data for all countries between 1990 and 2015, I find that the degree of neoliberal institutional linkages is the most consistent predictor of a UN member state’s size of peacekeeping contributions.

摘要

是什么使联合国会员国为在敌对环境中部署更多维和人员并使其部队处于危险之中作出贡献？大量的学术研究探索了联合国在世界各地冲突地区维持和平的必要性和有效性。很少有研究检查确定维持和平捐款数额的因素，这些研究没有集中在新自由主义机构的作用上。这项研究审查了新自由主义机构之间的联系程度与维持和平捐款数额之间的关系。我认为，新自由主义国际机构之间的联系程度创造了结构性条件，有利于就联合国会员国的偏好和需求进行信息收集，并激励这些国家派遣更多的维和部队。