Failed statebuilding : intervention and the dynamics of peace formation / Oliver P. Richmond.

Author/creator Richmond, Oliver P. author.
Format Book
PublicationNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxvi, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Nation-building--Developing countries.
Peace-building--Developing countries.
Intervention (International law)
Nation-building--Philosophy.
Peace-building--Philosophy.
World politics--1989-.
Developing countries--Foreign relations. --Western countries.
Developing countries--Politics and government.
Western countries--Relations. --Developing countries.

Variant title Failed state-building
Scope and content "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 getting wrong, and how it could be more effective"--From publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014022295
ISBN9780300175318 (cloth)
ISBN0300175310 (cloth)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks D888.W47 R42 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold