The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations' Use of Private Military and Security Companies: From Norm Entrepreneurship to Organized Hypocrisy

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13533312.2020.1869542" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13533312.2020.1869542</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2020.1869542" target="_blank" >10.1080/13533312.2020.1869542</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations' Use of Private Military and Security Companies: From Norm Entrepreneurship to Organized Hypocrisy

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

A prominent anti-mercenary norm entrepreneur in the second half of the 20th century, the United Nations (UN) has become an equally prominent user of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) services in the 21st century. In this article, we explain the gap between UN talk and action on private providers of security as a form of organized hypocrisy. To map the mismatch between UN rhetoric and behaviour in a measurable fashion, we combined official data on the use of PMSCs with an in-depth content analysis of the reports written by the UN Working Group on Mercenaries and an examination of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) contracting policy. The Working Group&apos;s very negative portrayal of PMSCs and the UNDSS caveat that armed contractors should only be used as a last resort and stands in stark contrast with UN agencies&apos; widespread use of private security providers. Although a decoupling between talk and action is often inevitable for complex organizations simultaneously pursuing contradictory objectives like the UN, our findings have important implications for peacekeeping. Most notably, organized hypocrisy is in danger of challenging the UN&apos;s credibility as a norm entrepreneur, hindering the effectiveness of its agencies&apos; outsourcing practices and delaying the reform of UN peacekeeping and crisis management at large.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations' Use of Private Military and Security Companies: From Norm Entrepreneurship to Organized Hypocrisy

Popis výsledku anglicky

A prominent anti-mercenary norm entrepreneur in the second half of the 20th century, the United Nations (UN) has become an equally prominent user of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) services in the 21st century. In this article, we explain the gap between UN talk and action on private providers of security as a form of organized hypocrisy. To map the mismatch between UN rhetoric and behaviour in a measurable fashion, we combined official data on the use of PMSCs with an in-depth content analysis of the reports written by the UN Working Group on Mercenaries and an examination of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) contracting policy. The Working Group&apos;s very negative portrayal of PMSCs and the UNDSS caveat that armed contractors should only be used as a last resort and stands in stark contrast with UN agencies&apos; widespread use of private security providers. Although a decoupling between talk and action is often inevitable for complex organizations simultaneously pursuing contradictory objectives like the UN, our findings have important implications for peacekeeping. Most notably, organized hypocrisy is in danger of challenging the UN&apos;s credibility as a norm entrepreneur, hindering the effectiveness of its agencies&apos; outsourcing practices and delaying the reform of UN peacekeeping and crisis management at large.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA20-07805S" target="_blank" >GA20-07805S: Dynamika sociálních norem v mezinárodním řádu</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Peacekeeping

ISSN

1353-3312

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

28

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

27

Strana od-do

579-605

Kód UT WoS článku

000606945000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85099394696