Failed statebuilding

Failed statebuilding: intervention, the state, and the dynamics ofpeace formation

by Richmond, Oliver P.

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"Western struggles--and failures--to create functioning states in countries such as Iraq or Afghanistan have inspired questions about whether statebuilding projects are at all viable, or whether they make the lives of their intended beneficiaries better or worse. In this groundbreaking book, Oliver Richmond asks why statebuilding has been so hard to achieve, and argues that a large part of the problem has been Westerners' failure to understand or engage with what local peoples actually want and…

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  • Full title :Failed statebuilding : intervention, the state, and the dynamics ofpeace formation / Oliver P. Richmond.

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"Western struggles--and failures--to create functioning states in countries such as Iraq or Afghanistan have inspired questions about whether statebuilding projects are at all viable, or whether they make the lives of their intended beneficiaries better or worse. In this groundbreaking book, Oliver Richmond asks why statebuilding has been so hard to achieve, and argues that a large part of the problem has been Westerners' failure to understand or engage with what local peoples actually want and need. He interrogates the liberal peacebuilding industry, asking what it assumes, what it is gettingwrong, and how it could be more effective"--Publisher's website.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (xvi, 275 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0300210132, 9780300210132
  • oclc:on1129773918
  • LC Classification:D888.W47
  • Dewey Decimal:327.1/17

Subjects

Consolidation de la paix -- Philosophie developing countries Developing countries -- Foreign relatio… Developing countries -- Politics and go… Diplomatic relations e-books international relations Intervention (Droit international) Intervention (International law) Livres numériques Nation-building Nation-building -- Developing countries Nation-building -- Philosophy Pays en voie de développement -- Politi… Peace-building Peace-building -- Developing countries Peace-building -- Philosophy Politics and government Politique mondiale -- 1989- Reconstruction d'une nation -- Philosop…

Writers

Richmond, Oliver P.

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