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Moving beyond the binary argument between those who buy into the aims of creating liberal democratic states grounded in free markets and rule of law, and those who critique and oppose them, this timely and much-needed critical volume takes a fresh look at the liberal peace debate. In doing so, it examines the validity of this critique in contemporary peacebuilding and statebuilding practice through a multitude of case studies - from Afghanistan to Somalia, Sri Lanka to Kosovo. Going further, it investigates the underlying theoretical assumptions of liberal peacebuilding and statebuilding, as well as providing new theoretical propositions for understanding current interventions. Written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field, alongside several new scholars making cutting edge contributions, this is an essential contribution to a rapidly growing interdisciplinary area of study.
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Susanna Campbell is a Research Fellow at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. She has fwritten numerous publications on the subject, including those published by the Council on Foreign Relations, International Alert, International Crisis Group, International Peacekeeping, and the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, and has contributed to several United Nations publications. ----- David Chandler is Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, London, UK. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. His recent books include International Statebuilding: The Rise of Post-Liberal Governance, 2010 and Hollow Hegemony: Rethinking Global Politics, Power and Resistance, 2009. ----- Meera Sabaratnam is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. She has formerly edited Millennium: Journal of International Studies.
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This book provides an excellent insight into where current thinking is on the theory and practice of peacebuilding.
The creative cover artwork might suggest otherwise, but light bedtime reading it is not. The contributors' list is impressive (Roger MacGinty and Oliver Richmond among them). Coming, as they do, firmly from an academic background lends the book a very heavyweight cerebral approach so don't be mistaken that this is an entry-level book for the casually interested.
However, this should be a must-read for scholars, participants and interested bystanders in international relations, peacebuilding and conflict transformation. Thania Paffenholz's insightful chapter on the role of civil society stood out for me as particularly accessible and persuasive. If only policymakers would pay this observation more heed: "The main problem within the liberal peacebuilding endeavour is that it takes all elements of the 'end stage' of a working liberal democracy as the model for peace and statebuilding, instead of reflecting the needs of the transition phase these countries are undergoing." If someone could sneak it in to William Hague's library, that would be grand.
The creative cover artwork might suggest otherwise, but light bedtime reading it is not. The contributors' list is impressive (Roger MacGinty and Oliver Richmond among them). Coming, as they do, firmly from an academic background lends the book a very heavyweight cerebral approach so don't be mistaken that this is an entry-level book for the casually interested.
However, this should be a must-read for scholars, participants and interested bystanders in international relations, peacebuilding and conflict transformation. Thania Paffenholz's insightful chapter on the role of civil society stood out for me as particularly accessible and persuasive. If only policymakers would pay this observation more heed: "The main problem within the liberal peacebuilding endeavour is that it takes all elements of the 'end stage' of a working liberal democracy as the model for peace and statebuilding, instead of reflecting the needs of the transition phase these countries are undergoing." If someone could sneak it in to William Hague's library, that would be grand.
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