"Western struggles--and failures--to create functioning states in countries such as Iraq or Afghanistan have inspired questions about whether statebuilding projects are at all viable, or whether they make the lives of their intended beneficiaries better or worse. In this groundbreaking book, Ol...

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1. Verfasser:	Richmond, Oliver P. 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New Haven [u.a.] Yale Univ. Press 2014
Schlagworte:	Nation-building / Developing countries Peace-building / Developing countries Intervention (International law) Nation-building / Philosophy Peace-building / Philosophy World politics / 1989- Außenpolitik Entwicklungsländer Philosophie Politik Friedenssicherung Internationale Politik Scheitern Nationenbildung Developing countries / Foreign relations / Western countries Developing countries / Politics and government Western countries / Relations / Developing countries
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Zusammenfassung:	"Western struggles--and failures--to create functioning states in countries such as Iraq or Afghanistan have inspired questions about whether statebuilding projects are at all viable, or whether they make the lives of their intended beneficiaries better or worse. In this groundbreaking book, Oliver Richmond asks why statebuilding has been so hard to achieve, and argues that a large part of the problem has been Westerners' failure to understand or engage with what local peoples actually want and need. He interrogates the liberal peacebuilding industry, asking what it assumes, what it is getting wrong, and how it could be more effective"--From publisher's website
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XVI, 275 S.
ISBN:	9780300175318