Sociological Institutionalism

Abstract

"United Nations peace operations have undergone multiple transformations over the more than seventy years of their existence. Multidimensional peace operations have organised elections, helped deliver humanitarian assistance, advised on army and police reform, and fought rebel groups. Such operations not only represent a core pillar of the multilateral peace and security architecture but also fundamentally reshape lives of millions of people around the world." United Nations peace operations and International Relations theory: An introduction / Kseniya Oksamytna and John Karlsrud -- 1. Realism / Philip Cunliffe -- 2. Liberal institutionalism / Carla Monteleone and Kseniya Oksamytna -- 3. Rational choice institutionalism / Yf Reykers -- 4. Sociological institutionalism / Sarah von Billerbeck -- 5. Constructivism / Marion Laurence and Emily Paddon Rhoads -- 6. Practice theories / Ingvild Bode -- 7. Critical security studies / Lucile Maertens -- 8. Feminist institutionalism / Georgina Holmes -- 9. Complexity theory / Charles T. Hunt -- Concluding reflections: International Relations theory and the study of UN peace operations / Mats Berdal.