Liberal peace transitions : between statebuilding and peacebuilding /

This book examines the nature of 'liberal peace': the common aim of the international community's approach to post-conflict statebuilding. Adopting a particularly critical stance on this one-size-fits-all paradigm, it explores the process by breaking down liberal peace theory into its...

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Main Author: Richmond, Oliver P.
Other Authors: Franks, Jason, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a framework to assess liberal peace transitions
  • Cambodia : liberal hubris and virtual peace
  • Bosnia : between partition and pluralism
  • Libaral peace in East Timor : the emperor's new clothes?
  • Co-opting the liberal peace : untying the Gordian knot in Kosovo
  • Building/rejecting the liberal peace : state consolidation and liberal failure in the Middle East
  • Conclusion : evaluating the achievements of the liberal peace and revitalizing a virtual peace.