Voted Out: Regime Type, Elections and Contributions to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

Author(s): Allard Duursma, John Gledhill
Editor(s): Geoffrey Underhill, Ben Scandrett, Ursula Daxecker, Annette Freyberg-Inan, Marlies Glasius, Vigneswaran, Darshan
Journal Title: European Journal of International Relations
Pages: 29
Publisher(s): Standing Group on International Relations of the ECPR
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Place: Brighton

Previous research suggests that democratic regimes are particularly willing to contribute troops to UN peacekeeping operations as backing ‘liberal’ peacekeeping allows them to support the diffusion of liberal institutions. However, this article contends this argument rests on evidence from the decade that followed the Cold War’s end. It also finds that in the period between 1999 and 2015, while democratic states were still more likely to make small contributions, non-democratic states were more likely to make contributions above 250 troops.

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