Dialogue Series No 8 - Building Peace in the Absence of States
| Author | Title / Description | Date |
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| Martina Fischer & Beatrix Schmelzle (eds.) |
Building Peace in the Absence of States: Challenging the Discourse on State Failure
The exchange between the lead authors and the discussants in this dialogue vividly illustrates the need to shift from a state-centric view, yet without entirely rejecting the notion of state. At the same time it shows the difficulties of integrating concepts of political order that do not correspond with the western-style Weberian/Westphalian state. Instead of advocating ideal-type, off-the-shelf models and blue-prints, the contributors to this dialogue argue that historically well-informed analysis, which leads to a deeper contextualized understanding of the local and regional situation on the ground, has to be the bedrock of any attempts for external assistance aimed at peace and development. They discuss evidence and counter-examples from Somaliland, Afghanistan, Liberia through to the Balkans and East Timor.
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2009 08 2009 |
Single articles in this dialogue include:
| Martina Fischer and Beatrix Schmelzle |
Introduction |
| Volker Boege, Anne Brown, Kevin Clements and Anna Nolan |
On Hybrid Political Orders and Emerging States: What is Failing – States in the Global South or Research and Politics in the West? |
| Trutz von Trotha |
The “Andersen Principle”: On the Difficulty of Truly Moving Beyond State-Centrism |
| Susan L. Woodward |
A Case for Shifting the Focus: Some Lessons from the Balkans |
| Andreas Mehler |
Hybrid Regimes and Oligopolies of Violence in Africa: Expectations on Security Provision “From Below” |
| Susanne Schmeidl (with Masood Karokhail) |
“Prêt-a-Porter States”: How the McDonaldization of State-Building Misses the Mark in Afghanistan |
| Bjoern Hofmann |
Are Hybrid Political Orders an Appropriate Concept for State-Formation? Timor-Leste Revisited |
| Volker Boege, Anne Brown, Kevin Clements and Anna Nolan |
Undressing the Emperor. A Reply to our Discussants |