edited by Matthew Hoddie and Caroline A. Hartzell.
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2010.
1 online resource (x, 246 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Building legitimate states after civil wars / David A. Lake -- States and civil societies following civil wars / Philip G. Roeder -- Electoral rules and post-civil war conflict management: the limitations of institutional design / Shaheen Mozaffar -- Sustaining peace: renegotiating postwar settlements / Timothy D. Sisk -- Soft intervention in Africa: US efforts to generate support for peace / Donald Rothchild and Nikolas Emmanuel -- Soft intervention and the transformation of militias into political parties / Terrence Lyons -- Cautionary tales: soft intervention and civil society / Michael W. Foley -- Soft intervention and the puzzling neglect of economic actors / Susan L. Woodward.
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Among the more frequent and most devastating of conflicts, civil wars frequently reignite and even spill over into the international sphere. 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.