Peacekeeping as Conflict Containment

On conflict, containment and the relationship between them.

A programme of research into conflict (e.g. violence, absconding, medication refusal) and containment (e.g. seclusion, special observation, physical restraint) in inpatient psychiatry has been under way at City University, London, UK, for the past 10 years. Recent research findings, plus the challenges posed by ongoing projects, have made apparent the need for greater clarity about the overarch...

Places as Media of Containment

While computational approaches to place and location, such as gazetteers, use simplistic data models (Janowicz and Keßler 2008), the important notion of place encompasses a large variety of meanings, ranging from spatially referenced locations, e.g., the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, through objects such as vessels, to pointlike experiential spaces (Couclelis 1992), and social handles such as...

Immunization of peacekeeping forces.

Nicole Cancré,* Gérard Grésenguet,† François-Xavier Mbopi-Kéou, ‡Alain Kozemaka,† Ali Si Mohamed,* Mathieu Matta,* Jean-Jacques Fournel,§ and Laurent Bélec* *Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France; †Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Bangui, République Centrafricaine; ‡London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United-Kingdom; and §Hôpital de la Pi...

Peacekeeping & Violence against Civilians

International Peacekeeping Operations

This article takes stock of some of the important contributions to the study of peacekeeping (PK). Two key topics stand out: peacekeeping burden sharing and mission effectiveness. For burden sharing, the theoretical foundation is the private provision of public goods and joint products. Implications for burden sharing differ whether financial or troop contributions are being shared, with the la...