The dilemmas of statebuilding : confronting the contradictions of postwar peace operations
This book explores the contradictions that emerge in international statebuilding efforts in war-torn societies. Since the end of the Cold War, more than 20 major peace operations have been deployed to countries emerging from internal conflicts. This book argues that international efforts to construct effective, legitimate governmental structures in these countries are necessary but fraught with contradictions and vexing dilemmas. Drawing on the latest scholarly research on postwar peace operations, the volume: addresses cutting-edge issues of statebuilding including coordination, local ownership, security, elections, constitution making, and delivery of development aid ; features contributions by leading and up-and-coming scholars ; provides empirical case studies including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, Kosovo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and others ; presents policy-relevant findings of use to students and policymakers alike. The Dilemmas of Statebuilding will be vital reading for students and scholars of international relations and political science. Bringing new insights to security studies, international development, and peace and conflict research, it will also interest a range of policy makers--Publisher's description
Aufsatzsammlung
xii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780415776288, 9780415776295, 0415776287, 0415776295
212837456
1. Introduction : understanding the contradictions of postwar statebuilding / Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk
2. peacebuilder's contract : how external statebuilding reinforces weak statehood / Michael Barnett and Christoph Zurcher
3. Understanding the "coordination problem" in postwar statebuilding / Roland Paris
4. Foreign militaries, sustainable institutions, and postwar statebuilding / David M. Edelstein
5. Making peacemakers out of spoilers : international organizations, private military training, and statebuilding after war / Deborah Avant
6. Trajectories of accumulation through war and peace / Christopher Cramer
7. superficiality of statebuilding in Cambodia : patronage and clientelism as enduring forms of politics / David Roberts
8. Postwar constitution building : opportunities and challenges / Kirsti Samuels
9. Pathways of the political : electoral processes after civil war / Timothy D. Sisk
10. dangers of a tight embrace : externally assisted statebuilding in Afghanistan / Astri Suhrke
11. Dilemmas of promoting "local ownership" : the case of postwar Kosovo / Jens Narten
12. Statebuilding after Afghanistan and Iraq / Miles Kahler
13. Conclusion : confronting the contradictions / Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk
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