15.12.10 Assessing Complex Peace Operations. Some Considerations of Methodology and Procedure
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Understanding
peace operations will tell us more than measuring
them, Benjamin de Carvalho and Ingrid J. Aune argue in this paper.
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Over the last few years, audit and evaluation efforts in international peace operations have increased both in scope and depth. The paper argues that the shift towards more complex and quantitative methods for assessing the effects of peace operations, as well as the budgets devoted to assessments of different kinds, may lead the focus away from understanding the operation itself, its goals and performance. An overreliance on quantitative measures of effectiveness may hinder an effective assessment of operations. Instead, the paper makes the case for relying more on thicker qualitative descriptions which emphasize narrative rather than presupposed causality. Understanding
peace operations will tell us more than measuring
them, Benjamin de Carvalho and Ingrid J. Aune argue in this paper.
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