Publication details
Slovakia in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Trapped between the Logic of Consequences and Appropriateness
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | The Journal of Slavic Military Studies |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13518046.2013.812478#.UoUwOuIUZ30 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13518046.2013.812478 |
| Field | Political sciences |
| Keywords | Slovakia; UN peacekeeping; logic of consequences; logic of approapriateness |
| Description | This article analyses the motivation of Slovakia to conduct UN peacekeeping operations. This means whether Slovakia participates in these operations on the basis of the logic of consequences or the logic of appropriateness. The official rhetoric has operated with the logic of consequences (instrumental approach), which is used to justify the very broad participation of Slovakia in peacekeeping. However, the relatively non-selective territorial participation in peacekeeping operations would give evidence to actions led by the logic of appropriateness. Nevertheless, the analysis of the individual aspects of Slovak participation has shown relatively convincingly that in the actions of Slovakia in this field - after a short initial phase indicating more likely the logic of appropriateness - an instrumental approach prevailed. |