Overview
Exploring the challenge of rehabilitating countries after civil wars, this study finds that attempting to transform war-shattered states into liberal democracies with market economies can backfire badly. Roland Paris contends that the rapid introduction of democracy and capitalism in the absence of effective institutions can increase rather than decrease the danger of renewed fighting. A more effective approach to post-conflict peacebuilding would be to introduce political and economic reform in a gradual and controlled manner.
- | Author: Roland Paris
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: May 24, 2004
- | Number of Pages: 304 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0521541972
- | ISBN-13: 9780521541978
