Foreword
Frederick D. Barton
Preface
Derick W. Brinkerhoff
1. Governance Challenges in Fragile States: Re-Establishing Security, Rebuilding Effectiveness, and Reconstituting Legitimacy
Part 1. Governance and Post-conflict: Perspectives on Core Issues
2. Does Nation Building Work? Reviewing the Record
Arthur A. Goldsmith
3. Constitutional Design, Identity and Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Aliza Belman Inbal and Hanna Lerner
4. Election Systems and Political Parties in Post-Conflict and Fragile States
Eric Bjornland, Glenn Cowan, and William Gallery
5. Democratic Governance and the Security Sector in Conflict-affected Countries
Nicole Ball
Part 2. Actors in Governance Reconstruction: Old, New, and Evolving Roles
6. From Bullets to Ballots: The U.S. Army Role in Stability and Reconstruction Operations
Tammy S. Schultz and Susan Merrill
7. The Private Sector and Governance in Post-Conflict Societies
Virginia Haufler
8. Rebuilding and Reforming Civil Services in Post-Conflict Societies
Harry Blair
9. Contributions of Digital Diasporas to Governance Reconstruction in Fragile States: Potential and Promise
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
Part 3. Reforming and Rebuilding Governance: Focus on the Local
10. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Conflict Mitigation in Latin America
Gary Bland
11. Subnationalism and Post-conflict Governance: Lessons from Africa
Joshua B. Forrest
12. Subnational Administration and State Building: Lessons from Afghanistan
Sarah Lister and Andrew Wilder
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