Foreword Frederick D. Barton Preface Derick W. Brinkerhoff 1. Governance Challenges in Fragile States: Re-Establishing Security, Rebuilding Effectiveness, and Reconstituting Legitimacy Derick W. Brinkerhoff Part 1. Governance and Post-conflict: Perspectives on Core Issues 2. Does Nation Building Work? Reviewing the Record Arthur A. Goldsmith 3. Constitutional Design, Identity and Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Reconstruction Aliza Belman Inbal and Hanna Lerner 4. Election Systems and Political Parties in Post-Conflict and Fragile States Eric Bjornland, Glenn Cowan, and William Gallery 5. Democratic Governance and the Security Sector in Conflict-affected Countries Nicole Ball Part 2. Actors in Governance Reconstruction: Old, New, and Evolving Roles 6. From Bullets to Ballots: The U.S. Army Role in Stability and Reconstruction Operations Tammy S. Schultz and Susan Merrill 7. The Private Sector and Governance in Post-Conflict Societies Virginia Haufler 8. Rebuilding and Reforming Civil Services in Post-Conflict Societies Harry Blair 9. Contributions of Digital Diasporas to Governance Reconstruction in Fragile States: Potential and Promise Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff Part 3. Reforming and Rebuilding Governance: Focus on the Local 10. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Conflict Mitigation in Latin America Gary Bland 11. Subnationalism and Post-conflict Governance: Lessons from Africa Joshua B. Forrest 12. Subnational Administration and State Building: Lessons from Afghanistan Sarah Lister and Andrew Wilder About the Contributors Index
Author(s): Derick W. Brinkerhoff
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 288
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 8
COPYRIGHT......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 10
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 12
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 13
FOREWORD......Page 17
PREFACE......Page 19
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 20
1 INTRODUCTION – GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES IN FRAGILE STATES: RE-ESTABLISHING SECURITY, REBUILDING EFFECTIVENESS, AND RECONSTITUTING LEGITIMACY......Page 22
PART I GOVERNANCE AND POST-CONFLICT: PERSPECTIVES ON CORE ISSUES......Page 44
2 DOES NATION BUILDING WORK?: REVIEWING THE RECORD......Page 46
3 CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN, IDENTITY, AND LEGITIMACY IN POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION......Page 66
4 ELECTION SYSTEMS AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN POST-CONFLICT AND FRAGILE STATES......Page 85
5 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND THE SECURITY SECTOR IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED COUNTRIES......Page 106
PART II ACTORS IN GOVERNANCE RECONSTRUCTION: OLD, NEW, AND EVOLVING ROLES......Page 134
6 FROM BULLETS TO BALLOTS: THE U.S. ARMY ROLE IN STABILITY AND RECONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS......Page 136
7 THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND GOVERNANCE IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES......Page 164
8 REBUILDING AND REFORMING CIVIL SERVICES IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES......Page 182
9 CONTRIBUTIONS OF DIGITAL DIASPORAS TO GOVERNANCE RECONSTRUCTION IN FRAGILE STATES: POTENTIAL AND PROMISE......Page 206
PART III REFORMING AND REBUILDING GOVERNANCE: FOCUS ON THE LOCAL......Page 226
10 DECENTRALIZATION, LOCAL GOVERNANCE, AND CONFLICT MITIGATION IN LATIN AMERICA......Page 228
11 SUBNATIONALISM AND POST-CONFLICT GOVERNANCE: LESSONS FROM AFRICA......Page 247
12 SUBNATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND STATE BUILDING: LESSONS FROM AFGHANISTAN......Page 262
INDEX......Page 279
