This book seeks to explain why international donors may succeed in putting war-torn countries on the path of democratic transition and negative peace, but fail to consolidate the gains they make. Cambodia provides an excellent example for international peace builders: the donor community spent billi
International Democracy Assistance for Peacebuilding: Cambodia and Beyond
β Scribed by Sorpong Peou (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 263
- Series
- Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Democratic Regime Consolidation and International Democracy Assistance....Pages 9-20
Institutional Structure and Structural Challenges....Pages 21-32
Research Methodology: Cambodia as Case Study....Pages 33-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Electoral Procedural Rules under Constraint....Pages 49-60
Liberal Norms under Stress....Pages 61-72
Liberty under Pressure....Pages 73-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
State Institutionsβ Underdevelopment....Pages 87-99
Political Societyβs Underdevelopment....Pages 100-111
Civil Societyβs Underdevelopment....Pages 112-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Non-material Constraints....Pages 127-138
Economic Impediments....Pages 139-150
Political Impediments....Pages 151-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Limits of Assistance for Institution Building....Pages 167-179
Limits of Economic Assistance....Pages 180-192
Limits of Political Assistance....Pages 193-206
Conclusion: Toward Complex Realist Institutionalism....Pages 207-215
Back Matter....Pages 216-261
β¦ Subjects
Political Economy; International Relations; Political Science; Military and Defence Studies; Peace Studies; Democracy
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