The international community and statebuilding : getting its act together? / edited by Patrice C. McMahon and Jon Western.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the supply side of statebuilding / Patrice C. McMahon and Jon Western -- The origins of statebuilding / Jon Western -- Organizing for nation building: the post-cold war experiences / James Dobbins -- Peace processes and path dependence: institutionalizing ethnic division in Bosnia / Lise Morjé Howard -- From cacophony to choir: the statebuilding challenge in Kosovo / William O'Neill -- Acting locally: shaping local governance reforms in Bosnia and Kosovo / Paula M. Pickering -- International actors and cooperation in statebuilding in Afghanistan / Marvin G. Weinbaum -- Constraints and context: a practitioners view of statebuilding in Afghanistan / Ronald E. Neumann -- Coalitions at the limits: NATO's restricted effort in Afghanistan / David P. Auerswald and Stephen M. Saideman -- Statebuilding in Iraq: an American failure, lately redeemed / Daniel Serwer.