State building
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Statebuilding and peace: lessons for the donor community
- ( A.R. Menocal / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2009)
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This paper stresses how donors need to understand the links between peacebuilding and state-building. In this paper, the author provides a brief description of fragile states and writes that m...
- How integral is peacebuilding to effective state building?
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2009)
- Peace building is a very important facet of achieving lasting poverty reduction in highly fragile states. This paper analyses the operational implications of the strategic framework of the UK's ...
- Why has power sharing not prevented conflict in Lebanaon?
- ( S. Makdisi (ed);M. Marktanner (ed) / American University of Beirut , 2008)
- This paper examines Lebanon’s model of consociational democracy, a political arrangement in which diverse ethnic groups, share power according to an agreed formula or mechanism. Consociationalis...
- Challenges of social and political reconstruction in post-genocide Rwanda
- ( G.M. Khadiagala / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2004)
- Rwanda is instructive for reflections on the challenges of social and political reconstruction in the aftermath of a civil war and the genocide of 1994....
- Governance in post-conflict Cambodia
- ( UNDP Oslo Governance Centre , 2004)
- Over thirty years of civil strife ruined the Cambodia’s social institutions, annihilated the economy and completely destroyed the human capital. As a post-conflict society, this country is facin...
- Examining international interventions in post conflict Liberia.
- ( Louise Andersen / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2007)
- This paper examines the collapse of the Liberian political order and the current challenge of reconstituting order. It addresses the ongoing post conflict state building process in Liberia. One of the...
- Successful state building is the product of domestic action, not international assistance
- ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2008)
- Policy makers are increasingly concerned by what appears to be a growing body of “weak”, “fragile”, or “failing” states. However, international actors have not yet ...
- State building lacks conceptual clarity
- ( V. Fritz;A.R. Menocal / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007)
- In the new millennium, state-building has become a leading priority for the international development community. This paper provides a more conceptually informed understanding of state-building, adopt...
- Understanding state building from a sociological perspective
- ( Danish Institute for International Studies , 2008)
- In the context of wider debates over globalisation, the future role of states has been subject to controversial discussions. Particularly the post-colonial state has occupied this controversy under la...
- Integration of traditional and modern governance systems in Africa
- ( UN Economic Commission for Africa , 2007)
- This concept paper focuses on the traditional system of governance in Africa including their consensual decision-making models, as part of a broader effort to better define and advocate their role in ...
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