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Democratic Peacebuilding - Aiding Afghanistan and other Fragile States (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,760
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Democratic Peacebuilding - Aiding Afghanistan and other Fragile States (Hardcover): Richard J. Ponzio

Democratic Peacebuilding - Aiding Afghanistan and other Fragile States (Hardcover)

Richard J. Ponzio

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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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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2011
First published: March 2011
Authors: Richard J. Ponzio
Dimensions: 244 x 170 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-959495-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > United Nations & UN agencies
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LSN: 0-19-959495-3
Barcode: 9780199594955

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