02651cam a22003858i 4500 22851875 20250625161707.0 221103s2022 enk b 000 0 eng 2022044183 9781009048835 (paperback) 9781009049498 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC pcc JZ6374 .C657 2022 341.584 23/eng/20221115 COL 2022 Coleman, Katharina Pichler, 1975- author. 129211 Token forces : how tiny troop deployments became ubiquitous in UN peacekeeping / Katharina P. Coleman, Xiaojun Li. 2301 Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022. pages cm photocopy text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Cambridge elements. Elements in international relations, 2515-7302 Includes bibliographical references. The Significance of Token Forces -- The Ubiquity of Token Forces in UN Peace Operations -- The Diffusion of Token Participation among UN Troop Contributors -- Token Forces from the UN's Perspective. "How and why did token troop contributions - tiny military deployments within much larger coalitions - become the most common form of state participation in UN peace operations? In December 2020, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) had 48 troop contributing countries (TCCs) but 93 percent of its 12,758 troops were deployed by just ten states.1 35 MONUSCO troop contributors deployed less than 40 troops (roughly equivalent to a platoon) each, including 27 states contributing fewer than ten troops each. Collectively, these token contributors accounted for just 200 MONUSCO troops. Likewise, 32 of the 50 TCCs in the UN mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, deployed fewer than 40 troops each, jointly contributing just 168 of the mission's 11,457 military personnel. As we show in this Element, similar patterns are observable in other UN missions, consolidating from the mid-2000s onwards"-- Provided by publisher. United Nations Peacekeeping forces. 129212 Deployment (Strategy). 129213 Li, Xiaojun, 1981- author. 129214 Online version: Coleman, Katharina Pichler, 1975- Token forces. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781009049498 (DLC) 2022044184 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 613901 613901 0 0 ddc 0 0 CIPS CIPS GEN 2025-06-04 0 341.584 COL 2022 CIPS0002919 2025-06-25 2025-06-25 BK