Statebuilding and state-formation : the political sociology of intervention / edited by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Statebuilding and State-Formation Berit Bliesemann de Guevara Part I: State-Formation, Violence and Political Economy 1. Risk and Externalisation in Afghanistan -- Why Statebuilding Upends State-Formation Florian P. Kuhn 2. International Intervention and the Congolese Army: A Paradox of Intermediary Rule Alex Veit 3. War Makers and State Makers: On State-Formative Networks and Illiberal Political Economy in Kosovo Jens Stilhoff Sorensen 4. Georgia-South Ossetia Networks of Profit: Challenges to Statebuilding Stacy Closson Part II: Governance, Legitimacy and Practice in Statebuilding and State-Formation 5. Statebuilding versus State-Formation in East Timor Lee Jones 6. The Limitations of International Analyses of the Stat and Post-Conflict Statebuilding in Sierra Leone Christof P. Kurz 7. Statebuilding as Tacit Trusteeship: The Case of Liberia Louise Riis Andersen The Road Less Travelled: Self-Led Statebuilding and International 'Non-Intervention' in the Creation of Somaliland Rebecca Richards Part III: The International Self- Statebuilders' Institutional Logics, Social Background and Subjectivities 9. Three Arenas: The Conflictive Logic of External Statebuilding Alex Veit and Klaus Schlichte 10. The International Scramble fo Police Reform in the Balkans Stephan Hensell 11. The 'Statebuilding Habitus': UN Staff and the Cultural Dimension of Liberal Intervention in Kosovo Catherin Goetze and Berit Bliesemann de Guevara 12. The International Self and the Humanitarianisation of Politics: A Case Study of Goma, DR Congo Kai Koddenbroc 13. The State We Are(n't) In: Liminal Subjectivity in Aid Worker Auto-Biographies Lisa Smirl Conclusions: Neither Built nor Formed -- the Transformation of States under International Intervention John Heathershaw.

"This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding. Using process-oriented approaches, the authors explore what happens when conscious efforts at statebuilding 'meet' social contexts, and are transformed into daily routines. In order to explain their findings, they also analyse the temporally and spatially broader structures of world society which shape the possibilities of statebuilding. Statebuilding and State Formation includes a variety of case studies from post-conflict societies in Africa, Asia and Europe, as well as the headquarters and branch offices of international agencies. Drawing on various theoretical approaches from sociology and anthropology, the contributors discuss external interventions as well as self-led statebuilding projects. This edited volume is divided into three parts: - Part I: State Formation, Violence and Political Economy - Part II: Governance, Legitimacy and Practice in Statebuilding and State-Formation - Part III: The International Self - Statebuilders' Institutional Logics, Social Backgrounds and Subjectivities The book will be of great interest to students of statebuilding and intervention, war and conflict studies, international security and IR"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.