Why Peace Fails - The Causes and Prevention of Civil War Recurrence

Informationen zum Autor Charles T. Call is an assistant professor in the School of International Studies at American University. He was previously a senior fellow at the US Institute of Peace and is the editor of Building States to Build Peace and Constructing Security and Justice after War. He has conducted research in Afghanistan! West Africa! Bosnia! Kosovo! Haiti! Colombia! Chechnya! and Central America. Klappentext Why does peace fail? More precisely! why do some countries that show every sign of having successfully emerged from civil war fall once again into armed conflict? What explains why peace sticks after some wars but not others? This title examines the factors behind 15 cases of civil war recurrence in Africa! Asia! the Caucasus! and Latin America. Zusammenfassung Why does peace fail? More precisely! why do some countries that show every sign of having successfully emerged from civil war fall once again into armed conflict? What explains why peace sticks after some wars but not others? This title examines the factors behind 15 cases of civil war recurrence in Africa! Asia! the Caucasus! and Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Why Peace Fails: Theory 1. What Do We Know About Why Peace Fails?Civil Wars and Ethnic Conflict: What We KnowThe Peacebuilding Literature and Preventing Civil War RecurrenceClarifying Concepts: Exclusion! Inclusion and Legitimacy 2. Is Civil War Recurrence Distinct from Onset?: A Quantitative Analysis and the Limits ThereofA Regression Analysis of Civil War RecurrenceThe Limitations of Quantitative Methods in Studying Civil Wars Part II: Examining the Cases 3. Liberia: Exclusion and Civil War Recurrence The First Civil WarThe Onset of PeaceThe Second Civil War Charles Taylor's Exclusionary BehaviorAlternative ExplanationsInsights from Liberia's Second Post-war Peace Process! 2003-present 4. Separatist Recurrences of Civil WarSudan: Marginalization of the SouthChechnya: Reneging and ResistanceGeorgia / South Ossetia: Integration BackfiresChina / Tibet: Compelled from AutonomyAnalyzing Cases of Reneging on Territorial Autonomy 5. Non-Separatist Recurrences of Civil WarThe Central African Republic (CAR): Exclusion and State WeaknessHaiti: Political Exclusion and RecurrenceEast Timor: Liberation! Statehood and ExclusionZimbabwe: Liberation! Statehood and ExclusionBurundi and Rwanda: Chronic ExclusionAlternative Explanations and Conclusions 6. Recurrences That Defy the ArgumentWhere Inclusionary Politics Prove InsufficientLebanon: Failed PowersharingMali: Failed PowersharingAnalyzing Cases of Failed PowersharingNicaragua: Externally-Driven Recurrence Peru: Exclusion! Coca and Rebel Resurgence 7. Making Peace Stick: Inclusionary Behavior and 27 Non-Recurrent Civil WarsInclusion! Powersharing and Peacebuilding SuccessPowersharing and Peace Consolidation: Examining the Pool of CasesBeyond Powersharing: Inclusionary Behavior and PeacePeace and Exclusionary Politics?International Troops and 'Frozen' Conflicts Part III: Implications for Theory and Practice 8. Conclusions for Theory: Legitimacy-Focused PeacebuildingThe Main Findings of the BookRethinking Peacebuilding Aims and ApproachesAddressing Some of the Limitations of the Study 9. Conclusions for Policy and Practice: Can External Actors Build Legitimacy After War?Why Legitimacy-Building is Exceptionally DifficultBeyond Blanket Inclusionary Formulae: Four 'Moments' for Key Choices and External Strategy BibliographyIndex ...

Product details

• Authors: Charles T. Call, Charles T. (Assistant Professor Call, Call Charles T.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2012
• EAN: 9781589018945
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-894-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Why Peace Fails; Why Peace Fails
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution