{"product_id":"statebuilding-9780745661599","title":"Statebuilding","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores international efforts to help the world's fragile post-civil war countries to build viable states that can provide for security and deliver the basic services essential for development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thorough examination of why statebuilding is essential to peacebuilding, and a richly documented case for why the international community should assist statebuilding in fragile states.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers looking for an interesting and accessible account of contemporary practice and the debates which surround it will be very satisfied.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A comprehensive account of the evolution of the international response to civil war and the challenge of post-conflict peacebuilding. An important challenge to much contemporary policy, Statebuilding will quickly take a place among the 'must read' accounts of contemporary statebuilding.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Jones, Brookings and the NYU Center on International Cooperation; senior advisor to the WDR 2011 on Conflict, Security and Development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sisk's book is the best guide to 'statebuilding' I know. It provides conceptual clarity and a framework for international action. It is written with clear-headed commitment and a seriousness of purpose that leaves the reader in no doubt that we are dealing with one of the key challenges of the modern era.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKhalid Koser, Geneva Centre for Security Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A lucid and highly accessible defense of how the building of states after civil war by international intervention is essential to peace. It is a very fine culmination of a research agenda on liberal internationalism begun a decade ago. Teachers will find \u003ci\u003eStatebuilding\u003c\/i\u003e extremely comprehensive on the current orthodoxy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Woodward, City University of New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Civil War and Post-War Fragility 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The State into the Twenty-fi rst Century 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. International Engagement for Statebuilding after Civil War 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Authority: Imperatives of Security 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Capacity: Creating the Conditions for\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Legitimacy: Toward a Democratic State 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Strengthening the International Statebuilding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegime 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 210\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404407808343,"sku":"9780745661599","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745661599.jpg?v=1730486375","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/statebuilding-9780745661599","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}