Statebuilding: 14 (War and Conflict in the Modern World) - Softcover

Tim Sisk has been one of the most thoughtful observers and commentators on the complex process of democratization and peacebuilding in war-torn states. In 'Statebuilding', Sisk gives us a comprehensive account of the evolution of the international response to civil war and the challenge of post-conflict peacebuilding. An important challenge to much contemporary policy on peacebuilding, 'Statebuilding' will quickly take a place among the 'must read' accounts of contemporary statebuilding. Bruce Jones, Senior Fellow, Brookings and the NYU Center on International Cooperation; senior advisor to the WDR 2011 on Conflict, Security and Development. 'Even though 'statebuilding' has raced to the top of the agenda in international peace and security, it remains an elusive practice - either to define or achieve. Sisk's book is the best guide to 'statebuilding' I know. It provides conceptual clarity and a framework for international action. It is written with clear-headed commitment and a seriousness of purpose that leaves the reader in no doubt that we are dealing with one of the key challenges of the modern era. Khalid Koser, Deputy Director and Academic Dean Geneva Centre for Security Policy 'Statebuilding' is a lucid and highly accessible defense of how the building of states after civil war by international intervention is essential to peace. It is a very fine culmination of a research agenda on liberal internationalism begun a decade ago by Roland Paris and particularly focuses upon identification of the multiple dilemmas for international interveners which Sisk importantly identifies as a question of balance between local ownership and international assertion. Teachers will find 'Statebuilding' extremely comprehensive on the current orthodoxy. Professor Susan Woodward, City University of New York