Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
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This book addresses the role of the international community in relation to state building in post-conflict situations, arguing for a shift in the international response to security and aid.
Covering the issue of state sovereignty - one of the core questions in political science that is currently applicable to Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan and Palestine - this book will be of international appeal, tying into debates about international security and stability.
The authors propose a strategic framework for defining the functions of the state, designing the organizational structure necessary for performance of those functions, and for aligning actors to the goal of state-building. The text presents ideas for the reorganization of international security, political and economic organizations to serve the goal of creating and sustaining capable states. Strategies would be cemented through 'state-building compacts' between country leadership and the international community on the one hand and the citizenry on the other.
Strategies for State-building will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, politics and development.