Humanitarian Hypocrisy

L. Everett Andrea

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In Humanitarian Hypocrisy, Andrea L. Everett maps the often glaring differences between declared ambitions to protect civilians in conflict zones and the resources committed for doing so. Examining how powerful governments contribute to peace operations and determine how they are designed, Everett argues that ambitions-resources gaps are a form of organized hypocrisy. Her book shows how political compromises lead to disparities between the humanitarian principles leaders proclaim and what their policies are designed to accomplish. When those in power face strong pressure to protect civilians but are worried about the high costs and dangers of intervention, Everett asserts, they allocate insufficient resources or impose excessive operational constraints. The ways in which this can play out are illustrated by Everett's use of original data and in-depth case studies of France in Rwanda, the United States in Darfur, and Australia in East Timor and Aceh. Humanitarian Hypocrisy has a sad lesson: missions that gesture toward the protection of civilians but overlook the most pressing security needs of affected populations can worsen suffering even while the entities who doom those missions to failure assume the moral high ground. This is a must-read book for activists, NGO officials, and policymakers alike.

Sujets

• Peacekeeping
• Human rights

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 février 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501714818
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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HumanitarianHypocrisy

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umanitarian Hypocrisy

CivilianProtectionandthe Design of Peace Operations

A n d r e a L . E v e r e t t

Cornell University Press Ithaca and London

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Names: Everett, Andrea L., 1982– author.

Title:Humanitarianhypocrisy:civilianprotectionandthedesignof

peace operations / Andrea L. Everett.

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017. | Includes

bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers:LCCN2017028028(print)|LCCN2017028885(ebook)|

ISBN 9781501714818 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501714726 (r) |

ISBN 9781501715471 | ISBN 9781501715471 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: War relief—Case studies. | Peacekeeping forces—

Case studies. | Humanitarian assistance—Case studies. |

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Contents

ListofFiguresandTables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Civilian Protection and the Design of Peace Operations

Devil in the Details: Assessing Mission Design and State Policy

2. Political Will, Organized Hypocrisy, and AmbitionsResources Gaps 3. Quantitative Evidence 4. France in Rwanda 5. The United States in Darfur 6. Australia in the Southwest Pacific ilacitnoadnIpmusclnsiosonC

AppendixA:TheData AppendixB:StatisticalTests Notes Index

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41 69 103 137 169 199

213 219 223 261

FiguresandTables

Figures

1.1 1.2 2.1 3.1 3.2

3.3 3.4 3.5 4.1

5.1 6.1 6.2 6.3

Spectrum of protection goals Representing protection Predicting contribution types Distribution of contributions Contributiontypeby CE news coverageand operational environment Predicted probabilities, model 1 Predicted probabilities, model 2 Predicted probabilities, model 3 WeeklyLe Mondeandl’Humanitécoverage of Rwanda, March 6–July 2, 1994 Monthly U.S. newspaper coverage of Darfur, 2004–7 MonthlySMHcoverage of East Timor, 1999 DailySMHcoverage of East Timor, September 1999 MonthlySMHcoverage of Aceh, 1999–2004

Tables

1.1 3.1 3.2

A protection typology Correlation coefficients—CE news coverageand political ties Means of CE news coverageand operational environment, by contribution type

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26 33 62 76

85 90 92 93

119 150 181 182 194

35 80

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FIGURES AND TABLES

3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8

A.1

A.2 A.3 B.1 B.2 B.3

Effect of a change in CE news coverage, model 1 Effect of a change in CE news coverage, model 2 Effect of a change in CE news coverage, model 3 Effect of changes in control variables, model 2 Effect of changes in control variables, model 3 Effect of changes in contribution decadeand CE news coverage, model 4 Post–Cold War complex humanitarian emergencies and peace operations Components of operational environment Control variables Multinomial logits, contribution type Summary statistics Multinomial logit, contribution type(restricted sample)

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91 93 94 96 96

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213 215 216 220 222 222

Acknowledgments

Theideaforthisbookfirstbegantotakeshapein2008.Atthetimeitre sembled a jigsaw puzzle: there were many interesting pieces, but it was hard to see how they would all fit together. Since then I have benefited from the guidance and advice of many generous people. To everyone who has supported me in the process of turning my early ideas into a cohesive proj ect, it is a tremendous privilege to be able to say thank you. Thisbookwouldneverhavegottenoffthegroundwithoutthepatient mentoring and support of my outstanding advisers at Princeton. Bob Keohane consistently delivered feedback that was speedy, copious, and laserfocused on the central issues. For this, and for his enthusiastic help and encouragement, I am deeply grateful. Chris Achen once told me that if I took on this project, I would suffer. As with so many things, he was right. Yet despite clearly foreseeing the obstacles, Chris always supported what I wanted to do and made clear that he thought I could do it. Nothing was more important in giving me the confidence to persevere during difficult moments. For his steadfast support and friendship, I cannot thank him enough. Jay Lyall offered extremely helpful advice about conducting field work, building a dataset, and finding relevant data sources. His input at the start of the project, when there were so many big decisions to be made, was especially critical. Manyothersdedicatedsubstantialtimeandenergytohelpingmeim prove this book. I received excellent advice at a manuscript workshop in 2014, hosted by Thomas Weiss and the Ralph Bunche Institute for Interna tional Studies at the City University of New York. Michael Barnett, Page Fortna, Michael Gilligan, Marina Henke, Bob Keohane, Paul Romita, and Taylor Seybolt each traveled to CUNY for the workshop and read the entire

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