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Governance in post-conflict societies rebuilding fragile states /

This volume explores questions of rebuilding governance in post-conflict societies from an interdisciplinary perspectives, focusing on three interconnected gaps that arise in fragile states: deficits in legitimacy, effectiveness, and security.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brinkerhoff, Derick W.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Series:Contemporary security studies.
Subjects:
Democracy > Developing countries.
Postwar reconstruction > Developing countries.
Conflict management > Political aspects > Developing countries.
National security > Developing countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > Political Process
Conflict management > Political aspects.
Democracy.
National security.
Political science.
Postwar reconstruction.
Developing countries > Politics and government.
Developing countries.
Governance
Post-conflict societies
Rebuilding fragile states
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : governance challenges in fragile states : re-establishing security, rebuilding effectiveness, and reconstituting legitimacy / Derick W. Brinkerhoff
  • Does nation building work? : reviewing the record / Arthur A. Goldsmith
  • Constitutional design, identity, and legitimacy in post-conflict reconstruction / Aliza Belman Inbal and Hanna Lerner
  • Election systems and political parties in post-conflict and fragile states / Eric Bjornland, Glenn Cowan, and William Gallery
  • Democratic governance and the security sector in conflict-affected countries / Nicole Ball
  • From bullets to ballots : the U.S. Army role in stability and reconstruction operations / Tammy S. Schultz and Susan Merrill
  • The private sector and governance in post-conflict societies / Virginia Haufler
  • Rebuilding and reforming civil services in post-conflict societies / Harry Blair
  • Contributions of digital diasporas to governance reconstruction in fragile states : potential and promise / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
  • Decentralization, local governance, and conflict mitigation in Latin America / Gary Bland
  • Subnationalism and post-conflict governance : lessons from Africa / Joshua B. Forrest
  • Subnational administration and state building : lessons from Afghanistan / Sarah Lister and Andrew Wilder.

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