Overview

This book addresses the important question of how the United Nations (UN) should monitor and evaluate the impact of police in its peace operations. UN peace operations are a vital component of international conflict management. Since the end of the Cold War one of the foremost developments has been the rise of UN policing (UNPOL). Instances of UNPOL action have increased dramatically in number and have evolved from passive observation to participation in frontline law enforcement activities. Attempts to ascertain the impact of UNPOL activities have proven inadequate. This book seeks to redress this lacuna by investigating the ways in which the effects of peace operations – and UNPOL in particular – are monitored and evaluated. Furthermore, it aims to develop a framework, tested through field research in Liberia, for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) that enables more effective impact assessment. By enhancing the relationship between field-level M&E and organisational learning this research aims to make an important contribution to the pursuit of more professional and effective UN peace operations. This book will be of much interest to students of peace operations, conflict management, policing, security studies and IR in general.

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Author:   Charles T. Hunt (RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9780415742375

ISBN 10:   0415742374
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   18 August 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: Context Setting 1. UN Peace Operations and Policing: Policing Change, Changing Police 2. Monitoring and Evaluation in Peace Operations: Measuring Progress, Assessing Impact and Gauging Success PART II: Theory and Framework Building 3. Complexity, Peace Operations and M&E: The Need for a Paradigm Shift? 4. A Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of UNPOL PART III: Empirical Case Study 5. Conflict and Consequence in Liberia 6. M&E in Practice I: Strengths, Comparative Advantages and Potentialities 7. M&E in Practice II: Weaknesses, Latent Problems and Naïveté 8. Conclusion: Overcoming the Convenience of Simplicity

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'To some, UN Police are the most useful tool in post conflict situations. Others argue that the diverse, disparate nature of UN Police components in peacekeeping operations makes them unfit for purpose. Dr Hunt's methodological approach to monitoring and evaluating UN Police performance has the real potential to assist in developing a clearer understanding of the effectiveness of international policing and in identifying areas that require strengthening and support, or even a total rethink.' -- Andrew Hughes, former Head of the UN Police Division at UNHQ, New York (2007-11)

Author Information

Charles T. Hunt is a lecturer in International Security in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Australia. He is co-editor of Making Sense of Peace and Capacity-Building Operations (2010) and co-author of Forging New Conventional Wisdom Beyond International Policing (2013).

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