The Dilemmas of Statebuilding: Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar Peace Operations

Sharing a consensus, but offering a variety of approaches, methodologies, case analyses, and recommendations, the essays in this text provides a deeper understanding of the dilemmas of state-building.

Introduction: Understanding the Contradictions of Postwar Statebuilding Roland Paris and Timothy Sisk Part1: Domestic and International Context Chapter 1. The Peacebuilder's Contract: How External Statebuilding Reinforces Weak Statehood Michael Barnett and Christoph Zuercher Chapter 2. Understanding the "Coordination Problem" in Postwar Statebuilding Roland Paris Part 2. Security Chapter 3. Foreign Militaries, Sustainable Institutions, and Postwar Statebuilding David Edelstein Chapter 4. Making Peacemakers out of Spoilers: International Organizations, Private Military Training, and Statebuilding After War Deborah Avant Part 3.Political Economy Chapter 5. Trajectories of Accumulation through War and Peace Cristopher Cramer Chapter 6. The Superficiality of Statebuilding in Cambodia: Patronage and Clientelism as Enduring Forms of Politics David Roberts Part 4.Institutional Design Chapter 7. Constitutional Choices and Statebuilding in Postconflict Countries Kirsti Samuels Chapter 8. Pathways of the Political: Electoral Processes after Civil War Timothy Sisk Part 5.Autonomy and Dependence Chapter 9. The Dangers of a Tight Embrace: Externally Assisted Statebuilding in Afghanistan Astri Suhrke Chapter 10. Dilemmas of Promoting Local Ownership: The Case of Postwar Kosovo Jens Narten Part 6.Reflections and Conclusions Chapter 11. A New Generation of Statebuilding Scholarship: Reflections on This Volume Miles Kahler Chapter 12. Confronting the Contradictions Timothy D. Sisk and Roland Paris