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Regime-building : democratization and international administration
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ISBN: 0191569755 9786612267567 1282267566 0191609773 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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This book is a study of regime change in the context of international administration, where the United Nations and other multilateral organisations hold temporary executive authority at the domestic level. Work on the politics of state-building has highlighted how these administration operations can influence nearly every aspect of politics in the country or territory in which they are deployed. This book concentrates in particular on the 'regime-building' practices of thesemissions, and examines the aims and influences of international administrations in the area of democratic development, as


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Nation-building and foreign policy in India : an identity-strategy conflict
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ISBN: 8175968524 8175966351 Year: 2009 Publisher: New Delhi : Foundation Books,

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Nation-Building and Foreign Policy in India: An Identity–Strategy Conflict presents an evaluation of Indian foreign policy. It analyses the unusual concern of Indian strategic thinking about political values. The book argues that in Indian foreign policy, there has been a shift from a strict concern for national interest towards idealist considerations. Thus creating what the author calls an ‘idealist inflection’. This inflection does not have its roots in cultural aspects or grand strategy. Instead, it is best understood with reference to the political process of nation-building, characterised by the specific choices and decisions taken by the two leading protagonists of the Indian National Movement – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. The values they chose to place at the heart of India’s national identity have spilt into the country’s foreign policy.


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Michael Logue and the Catholic Church in Ireland, 1879-1925
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ISBN: 178170287X 1847793347 Year: 2009 Publisher: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,

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*Michael Logue and the Catholic Church in Ireland, 1879-1925* provides a review and consideration of the role of the Catholic Church in Ireland in the intense political and social changes after 1879 through a major figure in Irish history, Michael Logue. Despite being a figure of pivotal historical importance in Ireland no substantial study of Michael Logue (1840-1924) has previously been undertaken. Through the medium of Logue, Privilege examines the role of the Catholic Church in the intense political and social changes in Ireland after 1879. Exploring previously under-researched areas, like


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Do No Harm : International Support for Statebuilding
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ISBN: 1282553844 9786612553844 9264046240 9264077383 Year: 2009 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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Despite the best of intentions, donors can inadvertently undermine statebuilding processes. When the resources they deliver or the reforms they advocate weaken rather than strengthen the state’s decision- and policy-making functions, their efforts can do more harm than good. Donors can also do harm by creating a brain drain away from state organisations – for instance, by hiring the most qualified civil servants. When aid is delivered in a way that actually acts as a disincentive to states to consolidate their own revenue base, this can retard the development of the state’s own capacity.   How can donors ensure they do no harm? How can they be sure they intervene constructively in fragile situations? Do No Harm provides practical guidance based on the results of research undertaken on behalf of the OECD DAC International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF). The book is based on comparative case studies of six countries (Afghanistan, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal, Rwanda and Sierra Leone) and a comprehensive literature review. It addresses how the interventions of OECD countries may risk undermining positive statebuilding processes, and makes recommendations as to how this may be avoided in the future. Do No Harm is an important source to guide external engagement in situations of fragility and conflict, both at the policy and the field level.


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The invention of the Jewish people.
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ISBN: 9781844674220 Year: 2009 Publisher: London Verso


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Statebuilding and intervention : policies, practices and paradigms.
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ISBN: 9780415452045 9780203884409 041545204X 9781134056255 9781134056200 9781134056248 9781138873490 Year: 2009 Publisher: London Routledge


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Persistent state weakness in the global age
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ISBN: 0754676129 9780754676126 9780754698739 0754698734 1282344536 9786612344534 1317082052 1317082060 9781315600093 9781317082040 9781317082057 1315600099 Year: 2009 Publisher: Farnham, England Burlington, VT Ashgate

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Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age addresses the question of why state weakness in the global era persists. It debunks a common assumption that state weakness is a stop-gap on the path to state failure and state collapse. Informed by a globalization perspective, the book shows how state weakness is frequently self-reproducing and functional.


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A cosmopolitanism of nations : Giuseppe Mazzini's writings on democracy, nation building, and international relations.
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ISBN: 9780691136110 Year: 2009 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press


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A cosmopolitanism of nations
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ISBN: 1282303910 9786612303913 1400831318 9781400831319 0691136114 9780691136110 9781282303911 6612303913 9780691136110 Year: 2009 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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This anthology gathers Giuseppe Mazzini's most important essays on democracy, nation building, and international relations, including some that have never before been translated into English. These neglected writings remind us why Mazzini was one of the most influential political thinkers of the nineteenth century--and why there is still great benefit to be derived from a careful analysis of what he had to say. Mazzini (1805-1872) is best known today as the inspirational leader of the Italian Risorgimento. But, as this book demonstrates, he also made a vital contribution to the development of modern democratic and liberal internationalist thought. In fact, Stefano Recchia and Nadia Urbinati make the case that Mazzini ought to be recognized as the founding figure of what has come to be known as liberal Wilsonianism. The writings collected here show how Mazzini developed a sophisticated theory of democratic nation building--one that illustrates why democracy cannot be successfully imposed through military intervention from the outside. He also speculated, much more explicitly than Immanuel Kant, about how popular participation and self-rule within independent nation-states might result in lasting peace among democracies. In short, Mazzini believed that universal aspirations toward human freedom, equality, and international peace could best be realized through independent nation-states with homegrown democratic institutions. He thus envisioned what one might today call a genuine cosmopolitanism of nations.


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Liberal peace transitions : between statebuilding and peacebuilding
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ISBN: 0748687963 0748652760 1282620487 9786612620485 0748642064 9780748642069 9780748638765 0748638768 9780748642977 0748642978 Year: 2009 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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A critical assessment of current liberal approaches to post-conflict statebuilding with constructive suggestions as to where improvements might be made.

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