XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018)

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Peacekeeping Operations: Political, Economic, Military and Logistical Perspectives

RC01 Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution (host committee)

Language: English and Spanish

Peacekeeping has evolved in the last decades, especially because of the changes occurred in the patterns of conflict, actors involved in violent processes and global and regional security structure that made the world more complex. Changing in the overall framework resulted in alterations in the organization´s way of acting to manage, resolve or transform conflicts. Responding to an increased demand for more professional and complex peace operations, and taking into consideration changes in the international reality, regional organisations and the UN conducted some important processes to improve the quality and effectiveness of its field missions. At the same time, some countries have intensified their presence in peacekeeping operations which involves political and economic costs and represents military and logistical challenges. Accordingly, this session seeks contributions on wide range of contemporary peacekeeping operations subjects, especially papers addressing the main aspects of countries’ participation in these missions, such as political interests, economic matters, the logistics required for the deployment and support to the military contingents sent, and the main lessons learned from this participation.