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Training as a Critical Link between Theory and Practice

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The three previous chapters expound a particular theoretical approach to peacekeeping. This approach is based on the application of peacekeeping conceptualized through a contingency model of conflict resolution. It has been demonstrated that the basis for this reconsideration of peacekeeping derives from three main sources. The first is the argument that international conflicts have fundamentally changed, and new approaches are needed to facilitate their resolution. The second is the argument that the UN has partially responded to the new challenges posed by the shift in conflict by first creating the ad hoc technique of peacekeeping and most recently by moving toward multidimensional peacekeeping. Not only has peacekeeping expanded in numbers of operations and in roles performed during those operations but it has become more complex and more explicitly committed to and involved in conflict resolution processes. The third is the examination of the conceptual basis of the third party role of peacekeeping which poses significant challenges to the current practice of peacekeeping at both micro- and macro-levels.

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    A. B. Fetherston (Post-Doctoral Fellow)

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Fetherston, A.B. (1994). Training as a Critical Link between Theory and Practice. In: Towards a Theory of United Nations Peacekeeping. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23642-8_7

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