International statebuilding : the rise of post-liberal governance / David Chandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandler, David, 1962- author.

Series:

Critical issues in global politics ; 2.

Critical issues in global politics ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nation-building.

Intervention (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This concise and accessible new text offers original and insightful analysis of the policy paradigm informing international statebuilding interventions. The book covers the theoretical frameworks and practices of international statebuilding, the debates they have triggered, and the way that international statebuilding has developed in the post-Cold War era. Spanning a broad remit of policy practices from post-conflict peacebuilding to sustainable development and EU enlargement, Chandler draws out how these policies have been cohered around the problematization of autonomy or self-gov

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The statebuilding paradigm; 2 The 'liberal peace' critique of international intervention; 3 Rethinking the state; 4 Post-liberal governance; 5 The EU's export of 'the rule of law' and 'good governance'; 6 Security and statebuilding: From intervention to prevention; 7 Development as freedom?: From colonialism to climate change; 8 Race, culture and civil society: Statebuilding and the privileging of difference; 9 Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-94048-0

1-136-94049-9

1-282-78149-9

9786612781490

0-203-84732-6

9780203847329

OCLC:

664551711