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. Democratic Peacebuilding 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.
Based on extensive field research, the book gives particular
attention to Afghanistan's Bonn Agreement process (2001-2005) and
Post-Bonn period (2006-2009), in which the country's multiple,
competing forms of authority (e.g. religious leaders, tribal
elders, militia commanders, and technocrats) challenged efforts to
create "modern" forms of political authority rooted in democratic
norms and the rule of law. Despite the significant risks involved,
Democratic Peacebuilding argues that the institutionalization of
democratic legal authority can create the conditions and framework
necessary to mediate competing domestic interests and to address
the root causes of a conflict peacefully. At the same time, one
overlooked problem of international peacebuilding stems from the
divergent conceptions, between international officials and the
local population, of authority and its sources of legitimacy. By
helping a conflict-affected society reconcile the inherent tensions
between competing forms of authority and, over time, deepen
democracy--rather than lower the metrics for progress and
conditions for exit, international peacebuilders can contribute to
improved conditions for governance and a reduction in intra-state
political violence. 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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