Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States
Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders
Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States
Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders
Among the more frequent and most devastating of conflicts, civil wars—from Yugoslavia to Congo—frequently reignite and even spill over into the international sphere. Given the inherent fragility of civil war peace agreements, innovative approaches must be taken to ensure the successful resolution of these conflicts. Strengthening Peace in Post–Civil War States provides both analytical frameworks and a series of critical case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of a range of strategies for keeping the peace.
Coeditors Matthew Hoddie and Caroline A. Hartzell here contend that lasting peace relies on aligning the self-interest of individuals and communities with the society-wide goal of ending war; if citizens and groups have a stake in peace, they will seek to maintain and defend it. The rest of the contributors explore two complementary approaches toward achieving this goal: restructuring domestic institutions and soft intervention. Some essays examine the first tactic, which involves reforming governments that failed to prevent war, while others discuss the second, an umbrella term for a number of non-military strategies for outside actors to assist in keeping the peace.
256 pages | 1 line drawing, 3 tables, 1 map | 6 x 9 | © 2010
Political Science: Comparative Politics, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and International Relations
Reviews
Table of Contents
ONE / Introduction
PART I : RESTRUCTURING INSTITUTIONS
DAVID A. LAKE
TWO / Building Legitimate States after Civil Wars
PHILIP G. ROEDER
THREE / States and Civil Societies following Civil Wars
SHAHEEN MOZAFFAR
FOUR / Electoral Rules and Post-Civil War Conflict Management: The Limitations of Institutional Design
TIMOTHY D. SISK
FIVE / Sustaining Peace: Renegotiating Postwar Settlements
PART II : SOFT INTERVENTION
DONALD ROTHCHILD AND NIKOLAS EMMANUEL
SIX / Soft Intervention in Africa: US Efforts to Generate Support for Peace
TERRENCE LYONS
SEVEN / Soft Intervention and the Transformation of Militias into Political Parties
MICHAEL W. FOLEY
EIGHT / Cautionary Tales: Soft Intervention and Civil Society
SUSAN L. WOODWARD
NINE / Soft Intervention and the Puzzling Neglect of Economic Actors
CAROLINE A. HARTZELL AND MATTHEW HODDIE
TEN / Conclusions
List of Contributors
Index
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