SOC 203 Chapter 14 slides

Peacekeeping
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Peacekeeping
the active maintenance of a truce between nations or communities, especially by an international military force.
UN Peacekeepers
provide security and the political and peacebuilding support to help countries make the difficult, early transition from conflict to peace. Began in 1948. 69 missions. 56 since 1988. 3326 soldiers have died. 130 Canadians.
consent, Impartiality, non-use of force
UN Peacekeeping is guided by three basic principles:
1.________ of the parties
2._________
3._____ ___ __ ____except in self-defence and defence of the mandate
decreases, destructive
Industrialization has had two impacts on war:
(1)the more industrialized a society becomes, warfare ______
(2)much more _______
positive functions, social, stimulates, technology
A functionalist would argue that war happens as often as it does because it has ____ _____ for the maintenance of society as a whole.

War provides ____ cohesion and ______ the economy. Canada's economic development profited greatly from WWII.

War is also the reason that some ______ is developed and then altered for individual use.
Dual Use Technologies
Defence-funded innovations that have commercial and civilian applications
Conflict theorists
____ ____ would argue that war develops because of a struggle for power between groups, whether ethnic, racial, or regional. Also noted here is that those who have power benefit from war in terms of the accumulation of raw materials or money. Feminists bring to our attention that war is the purview of mainly men and that the role of women is limited, if less so recently
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
meanings and definitions influence attitudes and behaviours that support war
childhood - war games; toy weapons
media - movies; video games; glorification of heroes
romanticization of war - propaganda; language; patriotism
Constructivist explanations
-emphasize the role of ethnic group leaders in stirring up hostility
Primordial explanations
-emphasize the existence of "ancient hatreds" rooted in deep psychological or cultural differences between the groups
ArbitrationA nonviolent strategy used to resolve conflicts and to stop or prevent war where a neutral third party in arbitration arrives at a decision that the two conflicting parties agree in advance to accept