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Civil wars are among more frequent and most devastating of conflicts. Attempts to bring these wars to an end often fail to establish a lasting peace. Given the inherent fragility of civil war peace agreements, innovative approaches must be taken to ensure the successful resolution of these conflicts. Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States provides both analytical frameworks and a series of critical case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of a range of strategies for keeping the peace.
Coeditors Matthew Hoddie and caroline A.Hartzell contend that lasting peace relies on aligning the self-interest of individuals and communities with the society-wide goal of ending war-if citizens and groups have a stake in peace, they will seek to maintain and defend it. The rest of the contributors explore two complementary approaches toward achieving this goal: restructuring domestic institutions and soft intervention. The first strategy involves reforming governments that failed to prevent war, while the second includes a number of nonmilitary tactics outside actors can follow to assist in keeping the peace.
Preface ix
1 Introduction Matthew Hoddie Caroline A. Hartzell 1
Part 1 Restructuring Institutions
2 Building Legitimate States after Civil Wars David A. Lake 29
3 States and Civil Societies following Civil Wars Philip G. Roeder 53
4 Electoral Rules and Post-Civil War Conflict Management: The Limitations of Institutional Design Shaheen Mozaffar 79
5 Sustaining Peace: Renegotiating Postwar Settlements Timothy D. Sisk 105
Part II Soft Intervention
6 Soft Intervention in Africa:US Efforts to Generate Support for Peace Donald Rothchild Nikolas Emmanuel 123
7 Soft Intervention and the Transformation of Militias into Political Parties Terrence Lyons 145
8 Cautionary Tales: Soft Intervention and Civil Society Michael W.Foley 163
9 Soft Intervention and the Puzzling Neglect of Economic Actors Susan L.Woodward 189
10 Conclusions Caroline A. Hartzell Matthew Hoddie 219
List of Contributors 237
Index 239
Overview
Civil wars are among more frequent and most devastating of conflicts. Attempts to bring these wars to an end often fail to establish a lasting peace. Given the inherent fragility of civil war peace agreements, innovative approaches must be taken to ensure the successful resolution of these conflicts. Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States provides both analytical frameworks and a series of critical case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of a range of strategies for ...