Motives for Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations: The Case of the Czech Republic

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Authors

URBANOVSKÁ Jana

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES & ARTS SGEM
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web http://www.sgemsocial.org/index.php/sgem-social-deadlines/sgem-social-proceedings2015
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2016B22
Field Political sciences
Keywords UN peacekeeping operations; Czech Republic; logic of appropriateness; logic of consequences
Description This article analyses participation by the Czech Republic in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. It aims to answer the question of how and why the Czech Republic participates in UN peacekeeping. Does it do so because of a commitment to the values of the international community, or rather because its own interests are at stake? Using the theoretical notions of the logic of appropriateness and the logic of consequences—and the mutual relationship between them—the article attempts to strengthen the theoretical underpinnings of UN peacekeeping, which are overwhelmingly thought to be unsatisfactory at present. The analysis presented reveals that the Czech Republic’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations follows from the logic of consequences rather than the logic of appropriateness; the latter is present to a certain extent, but appears to be secondary at best.
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