United Nations peacekeeping personnel commitments, 1990—2011

This paper presents new data on personnel commitments to United Nations peacekeeping operations from 1990 to 2011. For every operation during this period, data on the number of deployed troops, police and military observers are coded at the monthly level. Additionally, the number of each personnel t...

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Published in:	Conflict management and peace science 2013-11, Vol.30 (5), p.532-549
Main Author:	Kathman, Jacob D.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Civil wars Coding Conflict Conflict theory Data Datasets Empirical research International cooperation International observers Member states Military personnel Peace keeping Peace keeping forces Peacekeeping Peacekeeping forces Police Research methods United Nations Violence War
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Summary:	This paper presents new data on personnel commitments to United Nations peacekeeping operations from 1990 to 2011. For every operation during this period, data on the number of deployed troops, police and military observers are coded at the monthly level. Additionally, the number of each personnel type contributed by every UN member state is recorded. These data offer opportunities for testing theories of peacekeeping and conflict processes and present research avenues for which data have hitherto not existed. Herein, I introduce the data and coding processes, present trends, illustrate prospects for research that could benefit from these data and provide an empirical application.
ISSN:	0738-8942 1549-9219