Democratic Peacebuilding: Aiding Afghanistan and other Fragile States

Richard J. Ponzio (Former Visiting Scholar at The Stimson Center and Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.)

Democratic Peacebuilding: Aiding Afghanistan and other Fragile States
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
3 February 2011
Pages
314
ISBN
9780199594955

Democratic Peacebuilding: Aiding Afghanistan and other Fragile States

Richard J. Ponzio (Former Visiting Scholar at The Stimson Center and Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.)

In a growing number of instances after the cold war, the United Nations and other international actors have sought to rebuild or establish new political institutions in states or territories recovering from violent conflict. From Afghanistan, Iraq and the western Balkans to less prominent wars in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central America and the South Pacific, the international community’s response involves extensive intrusions into the domestic affairs of sovereign states. Extending beyond the narrow mandates of traditional peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations, these interventions aspire to reconstitute local power within a democratic framework.

This book examines the evolution of international peacebuilding during this tumultuous period, identifying the factors that limit the progress of international actors to institutionalize democratic authority and the rule of law in war-shattered societies. This examination of the peacebuilding-democratization nexus in war-torn societies aims to generate new insights for scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners in both the study and practice of politics and international relations.

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