Contents:Preface xiiiList of abbreviations xiv1 Peacekeeping as rule-based interventions in international relations 1Han DorussenPART I THE DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS2 Mandating peacekeeping operations and international law 12Emily Helms3 Peacekeeping financing 27Katharina P. Coleman4 Consent in peacekeeping 46Timothy Passmore, Johannes Karreth and Jaroslav Tir5 The composition of UN peacekeeping missions 60Vincenzo Bove, Chiara Ruffa and Andrea Ruggeri6 Naming names: UN Security Council Resolution sentiment in civil wars 74Michelle Benson and Colin Tucker7 Mediation, political missions, and peacekeeping 88Han Dorussen8 Non-UN peacekeeping 102Corinne BaraPART II WHAT PEACEKEEPERS DO9 Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) andpeacekeeping operations 118Dylan Herrera and Andrea González Peña10 Peacekeeping, security sector reform, and the rule of law 134Robert A. Blair11 Public information and strategic communications in peace operations 148Kseniya Oksamytna12 Civilian components in peace operations 163Jaïr van der Lijn and Sabine OttoPART III PEACEKEEPING EFFECTIVENESS13 Peacekeeping and conflict resolution 182Evgenija Kroeker and Andrea Ruggeri14 Peacekeeping and the geographic diffusion and containment of conflict 196Bernd Beber15 Peacekeeping and the protection of civilians 210Lisa Hultman, Jacob D. Kathman and Megan Shannon16 Peacekeeping and electoral violence 225Hannah Smidt17 Peacekeeping operations and women's security 242Louise OlssonPART IV CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING PEACEKEEPING18 Peacekeeping and the problem of sexual and gender-based violence 256Sabrina Karim and Kyle Beardsley19 The material impact of peace operations on the environment andcultural heritage 270Mathilde Leloup and Lucile Maertens20 Peacekeeping and postwar violence 286Jessica Di Salvatore21 Hazards of peacekeeping: peacekeepers as targets of violence 300Sara Lindberg Bromley22 The local perception of peacekeepers 314Han Dorussen and Marian de Vooght23 The political economy of peacekeeping: unemployment, violence, andtrust towards peacekeepers. Evidence from Somalia 327Prabin B. Khadka and Anup Phayal24 Peacekeeping operations: the endgame 343Richard Caplan, John Gledhill and Maline MeiskePART V CONCLUSIONS25 State of the art of research on peacekeeping 360Paul F. DiehlIndex.