The dilemmas of statebuilding : confronting the contradictions of postwar peace operations / edited by Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [316]-347) and index.

Introduction : understanding the contradictions of postwar statebuilding / Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk -- The peacebuilder's contract : how external statebuilding reinforces weak statehood / Michael Barnett and Christoph Zürcher -- Understanding the "coordination problem" in postwar statebuilding / Roland Paris -- Foreign militaries, sustainable institutions, and postwar statebuilding / David M. Edelstein -- Making peacemakers out of spoilers : international organizations, private military training, and statebuilding after war / Deborah Avant -- Trajectories of accumulation through war and peace / Christopher Cramer -- The superficiality of statebuilding in Cambodia : patronage and clientelism as enduring forms of politics / David Roberts -- Postwar constitution building : opportunities and challenges / Kirsti Samuels -- Pathways of the political : electoral processes after civil war / Timothy D. Sisk -- The dangers of a tight embrace : externally assisted statebuilding in Afghanistan / Astri Suhrke -- Dilemmas of promoting "local ownership" : the case of postwar Kosovo / Jens Narten -- Statebuilding after Afghanistan and Iraq / Miles Kahler -- Conclusion : confronting the contradictions / Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk.