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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Bibliographic Details
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
Table of Contents:
  • 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