Overcoming obstacles to peace : local factors in nation-building /
"This volume analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes of nation-building interventions in conflict-affected areas. Previous RAND studies of nation-building focused on external interveners' activities. This volume shifts the focus to internal circumstances,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND,
2013.
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Colección: | Rand Corporation monograph series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Figures
- Tables
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Which Local Factors Pose Challenges to Nation-Building?
- Factors That Raise the Risk of Conflict Renewal
- Civil War Onset
- Civil War Recurrence
- How Great Is the Risk of Recurrence?
- Structure of the Case Studies
- Tailoring Nation-Building to Local Factors
- Chapter 3. Cambodia
- Local Factors Before the Peace
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Nation-Building Efforts
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Outcomes
- Local Attitudes
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Conclusions
- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges?
- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace?
- Chapter 4. El Salvador
- Local Factors Before the Peace
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Nation-Building Efforts
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Outcomes
- Local Attitudes
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Conclusions
- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges?
- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace?
- Chapter 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Local Factors Before the Peace
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Nation-Building Efforts
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Outcomes
- Local Attitudes
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Conclusions
- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges?
- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace?
- Chapter 6. East Timor
- Local Factors Before the Peace
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Nation-Building Efforts
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Outcomes
- Local Attitudes
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Conclusions
- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges?
- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace?
- Chapter 7. Local Factors Before the Peace
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Nation-Building Efforts
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Outcomes
- Local Attitudes
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Conclusions
- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges?
- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace?
- Chapter 8. Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Local Factors Before the Peace
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Nation-Building Efforts
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Outcomes
- Local Attitudes
- Geographical and Geopolitical
- Cultural and Social
- Economic
- Political
- Institutional
- Conclusions
- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges?
- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace?
- Chapter 9. Estimating the Challenges and Comparing with Outcomes
- Sustaining Peace
- Promoting Democracy
- Improving Governance
- Achieving Economic Growth
- Advancing Human Development
- Summing Up
- Chapter 10. Conclusions
- The Transformational Limits of Nation-Building
- Factors Crucial to Establishing Enduring Peace
- Geopolitics
- Patronage Networks
- The Impact of Geopolitics and Patronage Networks in 20 Cases
- Dissimilar Societies, Similar Instruments
- Establishing Realistic Expectations
- Appendixes. A. Performance Indicators and Nation-Building Inputs for 20 Major Post-Cold War Nation-Building Interventions
- B. Economic Growth Statistics for Nation-Building Interventions in Comparative Perspective
- References.
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2 Which local factors pose challenges to nation-building?
- Ch. 3. Cambodia
- ch. 4. El Salvador
- Ch. 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ch. 6. East Timor
- Ch. 7. Sierra Leone
- Ch. 8. Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ch. 9. Estimating the challenges and comparing with outcomes
- Ch. 10. Conclusions
- Appendix A. Performance indicators and nation-building inputs for 20 major post-Cold War nation-building interventions
- Appendix B. Economic growth statistics for nation-building interventions in comparative perspective.