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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,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dobbins, James, 1942- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.
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.