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Association: Name: ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES URL: http://www.isanet.org
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Sotomayor, Arturo. "Peacekeeping Participation and its Socializing Effects on Military Professionalism among Democratizing States: Empirical and Theoretical Lessons from Latin America" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES, Hilton San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, Mar 26, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p251582_index.html>

Sotomayor, A. C. , 2008-03-26 "Peacekeeping Participation and its Socializing Effects on Military Professionalism among Democratizing States: Empirical and Theoretical Lessons from Latin America" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISA's 49th ANNUAL CONVENTION, BRIDGING MULTIPLE DIVIDES, Hilton San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p251582_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Conventional wisdom on peacekeeping participation concludes that engaging the military in UN peace operations is universally positive for strengthening military professionalism, especially among democratizing states. This is the case in some places but not in others. Moreover the effects are different in some places than in others. Why? In this paper, I wish to assess the socializing effects of peacekeeping participation on military institutions and uniformed personnel. The literature on military political-sociology argues that soldiers reconsider their political attachments by bringing new social constructs into line with their personal experiences through the time they spend in service. International peacekeeping participation can thus be meaningful at an individual level if soldiers dilute their military-organizational interests through their experience as peacekeepers. This can be consequential for military professionalism, especially if the soldier in question becomes more civilianized and more professional as a result of his/her international exposure. Hence, I develop a typology of UN operations �observational, multidimensional and peace enforcement- and assess the varying socializing effects of peacekeeping involvement on military professionalism. I use various qualitative research methods, including interviews, archival research and process tracing to assess the impact of peacekeeping participation. I find that military professionalism is less likely to affect professionalism in multidimensional operations than in any other type of peace mission. I argue that while the UN can play the role of a �socializer�, it is not always successful in diffusing proper norms of behavior and its actions can lead to unintended and unwanted outcomes. Hence, my study is an initial attempt to understand the mechanisms and underlying conditions about the logic of socialization in international security institutions, such as the UN.

Why States Participate in UN Peace Missions While Others Don?t: An Analysis of Civil-Military Relations and its effects on Latin America?s Contributions to Peacekeeping Operations

Why States Participate in UN Peace Missions While Others Don�t: An Analysis of Civil-Military Relations and its effects on Latin America�s Contributions to Peacekeeping Operations