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Book SynopsisThe post-cold war years have witnessed an unprecedented involvement by the United Nations in the domestic affairs of states, to end conflicts and rebuild political and administrative institutions. International administrations established by the UN or Western states have exercised extensive executive, legislative, and judicial authority over post-conflict territories to facilitate institution building and provide for interim governance.This book is a study of the normative framework underlying the international community''s statebuilding efforts. Through detailed case studies of policymaking by the international administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and East Timor, based on extensive interviews and work in the administrations, the book examines the nature of this normative framework, and highlights how norms shape the institutional choices of statebuilders, the relationship between international and local actors, and the exit strategies of international administrations. Th
Trade ReviewZaums normative analysis is a refreshing addition to the developing ITA canon * International Affairs *
A growing array of international groups and organizations are now devoted to state building, and scholars are slowly developing a body of knowledge on its theory and practice. This book helps illuminate these efforts by looking at the ideas and norms that inform the activities of international agencies as they engage local actors. * G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs *
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART I: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES ; 1. Sovereignty in International Society ; 2. International Administrations in International Society ; PART II: CASE STUDIES ; 3. Statebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina ; 4. Statebuilding in Kosovo ; 5. Statebuilding in East Timor ; 6. The Sovereignty Paradox ; Bibliography
