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Egeraat, L.A. van (2014)

Taking the Blame or Taking Sides? UN-Authorized Humanitarian Interventions and their Role in the Facilitation of Regime Change in Civil Conflicts

Bachelor thesis | Politicologie (BSc)

The Post-Cold War period has seen an increase both in civil conflict and third-party intervention. Previous research has understudied regime change that occurs in civil conflicts that are accompanied by humanitarian intervention. By means of a mixed-method analysis, this research project shows that while humanitarian intervention and regime change often occur sequentially on the macro level, there are no indications that the relationship is causal on the micro level once the process of regime change is ongoing. Regime change, it is argued, is elicited by a rapid breakdown of coercive capacities of the state that precedes the involvement of a third-party.

Humanitarian Intervention

Regime Change

Civil Conflict

Author

Egeraat, L.A. van

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Politicologie

Supervisors

Kroezen-Bogas, J.M.
Hosli, M.O.

ECTS Credits

15

Evaluation

Recommended

Language

en