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Much of the scholarly literature on peacekeeping focuses on particularpeacekeeping operations or on the political bargaining between peacekeepingparticipants at both the institutional and national levels. However there isvery little published research on why nations commit forces to peacekeepingoperations. As Sandra Whitworth noted in a book review of six books onpeacekeeping in the International Journal the important politicalquestions thus far have not been asked who benefits who pays and who isexcluded?. This book addresses that need.The authors focus specifically on the political and economic motivations thatinfluence the decision to participate in peacekeeping. They consider howdefinitions of national interest frame the political debate and what thereasons are for the military support or opposition for peacekeeping operations.They also explore the role of interagency politics the role of public opinionin peacekeeping decisions and the influence of pressure from other nations andnonnation actors to commit peacekeeping forces. Each chapter includes severalrecent cases of national peacekeeping to illustrate how national politicaldebates framed their countrys political decisions on the commitment ofpeacekeeping forces. The countries chosen for analysis are AustraliaArgentina the United Kingdom Germany France the United States NigeriaCanada India and Austria. «
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