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International democracy assistance for peacebuilding Cambodia and beyond

This book explains why international donors may succeed in putting war-torn countries on the path of democratic transition and negative peace, but fail to consolidate the gains they make. Critical of neo-institutionalism, but sympathetic to historical and normative institutionalism, this book advanc...

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Main Author: Peou, Sorpong (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] Palgrave Macmillan 2007
Series:Rethinking peace and conflict studies
Subjects:
Peace-building > Cambodia
Democratization > Cambodia
Economic assistance > Cambodia
Cambodia > Politics and government > 1979-
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • PART I: THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
  • Democratic Regime Consolidation & International Democracy Assistance
  • Institutional Structure & Structural Challenges
  • Research Methodology: Cambodia as Case Study
  • PART II: POWER VS. DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION
  • Electoral Procedural Rules under Constraint
  • Liberal Norms under Stress
  • Liberty under Pressure
  • PART III: THE LIMITS OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION
  • State Institutions' Underdevelopment
  • Political Society's Underdevelopment
  • Civil Society's Underdevelopment
  • PART IV: STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION
  • Non-Material Constraints
  • Economic Impediments
  • Political Impediments
  • PART V: THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE
  • Limits of Assistance for Institution Building
  • Limits of Economic Assistance
  • Limits of Political Assistance
  • Conclusion: Toward Complex Realist Institutionalism.

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