Beyond Reconstruction in Afghanistan: Lessons from Development Experience

✍ Scribed by John D. Montgomery, Dennis A. Rondinelli (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 251
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The interaction of failed states, terrorism and the need for 'nation building' is at the top of the international agenda, with particular focus on Afghanistan and Iraq. This path breaking collection brings together top analysts to examine the goals and challenges facing efforts to reconstruct states that have collapsed into anarchy or have been defeated in war. Drawing on lessons from 50 years of past experience with post-conflict reconstruction and development around the world, the authors provide historical context, identify difficulties that can impede progress and recognize the realistic limitations of ambitions to create new states. They assess ongoing development plans in a country devastated by more than a century of conflict. Throughout, particular attention is paid to the interaction of the goals of external and domestic actors, highlighting the importance of understanding the internal social, economic and political environment of the society receiving assistance.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
International Goals and Strategies for Afghanistan’S Development: Reconstruction and Beyond....Pages 11-31
Supporting Postwar Aspirations in Islamic Societies....Pages 32-52
Between Reconstruction and Restoration: Three Historical Case Studies....Pages 53-74
The Afghan Experience with International Assistance....Pages 75-92
Lessons from Post-Conflict Aid Experience....Pages 93-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Toward the Rule of Law in Afghanistan: The Constitutive Process....Pages 115-131
Economic Growth and Development Policy in Afghanistan: Lessons from Experience in Developing Countries....Pages 132-155
Ethnic Diversity and the Structure of Government....Pages 156-168
Warlordism and Development in Afghanistan....Pages 169-187
Health, Human Security, and Social Reconstruction in Afghanistan....Pages 188-209
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
The Afghan Neighborhood and Future Stability: A Regional Approach to Reconstruction and Development....Pages 213-224
Reconstruction, Development, and Nation-Building: Prospects for Afghanistan....Pages 225-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-245

✦ Subjects

Middle Eastern Politics;Asian Politics;Development Policy;Terrorism and Political Violence;Political Science;International Relations