Doctoral Dissertation in Political Science: From Peacekeeping to State-Building: Governance, Violence, and the Withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

当维和任务结束时，饱受战争蹂躏的国家的命运如何？ 在维和人员离开后，似乎不可避免地会继续存在安全方面的差距，受到国内冲突破坏的国家和社会如何弥补这些差距？ 本项目试图通过对定于2012年撤出的联合国利比里亚使命（联利特派团）的案例研究来回答这些问题。 联利特派团是在利比里亚残酷的14年内战结束后成立的，此后与利比里亚社会、经济和政治生活的各个方面（从提供安全到道路和学校建设）密不可分。 本项目探讨了联利特派团撤离对利比里亚暴力事件发生率的影响，利用权力从国际行为体向国内行为体的转移作为一个透镜，通过它来阐明战后环境中国家建设和国家/社会关系的动态。对利比里亚农村暴力原因和相关因素的大N分两部分小组调查进行计量经济学分析;通过手机短信（“众包”）高频收集关于蒙罗维亚不断变化的暴力程度的数据。 这些活动产生的数据将与其他学者和公众分享。 决策者将被告知任何结果。

What is the fate of war-torn countries when peacekeeping missions end? How do states and societies wracked by civil conflict compensate for the gaps in security that seem inevitablely to persist after peacekeepers depart? This project attempts to answer these questions through a case study of the United Nations Mission to Liberia (UNMIL), which is scheduled to withdraw in 2012. Established in the aftermath of Liberia's brutal 14 year civil war, UNMIL has since become inextricably intertwined with every aspect of Liberian social, economic, and political life, from the provision of security to the construction of roads and schools. This project explores the consequences onf UNMIL's withdrawal on the incidence of violence in Liberia, using the shift in authority from international to domestic actors as a lens through which to illuminate the dynamics of state-building and state/society relations in a post-war setting.This research proceeds in three steps: qualitative interviews with UN, government, and civil society representatives; econometric analysis of large-N, two-part panel survey on the causes and correlates of violence in rural Liberia; and high-frequency data collection on evolving levels of violence in Monrovia via SMS text-messaging ("crowd sourcing"). The data resulting from these activities will be shared with other scholars and the public. Policy makers will be briefed on any results.