Introduction: The statebuilding paradigm
This book deals with the question of how we can conceptualize the policies and practices of international statebuilding. There is little doubt that international statebuilding – with the goal of developing and exporting frameworks of good governance – has become a key policy field for leading states...
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Published in | International Statebuilding pp. 11 - 31 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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United Kingdom
Routledge
2010
Taylor & Francis Group |
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Online Access | Get full text |
ISBN | 9780415421171 0415421179 |
DOI | 10.4324/9780203847329-5 |
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Summary: | This book deals with the question of how we can conceptualize the policies
and practices of international statebuilding. There is little doubt that international statebuilding – with the goal of developing and exporting frameworks
of good governance – has become a key policy field for leading states and
international institutions. These policy practices have increasingly become
internationally accepted as central mechanisms through which the problems
of weak or failing states can be addressed. International statebuilding is
no longer something that just happens after the event – western military
interventions for humanitarian or security reasons (Kosovo, Afghanistan
and Iraq) or post-conflict peacebuilding (Bosnia and East Timor) – but is
increasingly seen as a vital package of policy measures designed to prevent
states from sliding into economic and political collapse. As a set of international policy prescriptions, the frameworks of good governance are seen as
a ‘silver bullet’ capable of assisting states in coping with the problems of
our complex globalized world: facilitating sustainable development, social
peace and the development of democracy and the rule of law. |
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ISBN: | 9780415421171 0415421179 |
DOI: | 10.4324/9780203847329-5 |