The dilemmas of statebuilding [ confronting the contradictions of postwar peace operations

Explores the contradictions that emerge in international statebuilding efforts in war-torn societies. This book argues that international efforts to construct effective, legitimate governmental structures in these countries are necessary but fraught with contradictions and vexing dilemmas. It draws...

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Main Authors: Paris, Roland , 1967- (Author), Sisk, Timothy D. , 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, UK. : Routledge , c2009
Series:Security and governance series
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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505 0 |a 1. Introduction : understanding the contradictions of postwar statebuilding -- 2. peacebuilder's contract : how external statebuilding reinforces weak statehood -- 3. Understanding the "coordination problem" in postwar statebuilding -- 4. Foreign militaries, sustainable institutions, and postwar statebuilding -- 5. Making peacemakers out of spoilers : international organizations, private military training, and statebuilding after war -- 6. Trajectories of accumulation through war and peace -- 7. superficiality of statebuilding in Cambodia : patronage and clientelism as enduring forms of politics -- 8. Postwar constitution building : opportunities and challenges -- 9. Pathways of the political : electoral processes after civil war -- 10. dangers of a tight embrace : externally assisted statebuilding in Afghanistan -- 11. Dilemmas of promoting "local ownership" : the case of postwar Kosovo -- 12. Statebuilding after Afghanistan and Iraq -- 13. Conclusion : confronting the contradictions 
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