1st Edition
Corruption and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Selling the Peace?
Biography
Christine S. Cheng is Bennet Boskey Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Exeter College, University of Oxford.
Dominik Zaum is Reader in International Relations at the University of Reading and author or editor of several books, including The Sovereignty Paradox: The Norms and Politics of International Statebuilding (2007).
'In this book Cheng, Zaum, and colleagues show how corruption control must be integrated within broader peacebuilding goals, and how we must adapt our choices to both history and rapidly-changing circumstances. The result is an essential guide to the challenges confronting citizens, and those who would aid them, in some of the world’s most troubled areas.' - Michael Johnston, Colgate University
'It is well known that conflict-affected states are prone to corruption, which in turn undermines faith in public institutions. What is less well known is how corruption can shape the possibilities and character of a transition to peace. By approaching it as a political rather than technical problem, this important book takes a clear-eyed look at the ways in which corruption can threaten — but also, on occasion, facilitate — post-conflict peacebuilding.' - Simon Chesterman, National University of Singapore
'This book would be a fine reference for those who seek to add some sense of reality to their practice of theory vis-à-vis conflict resolution and peacebuilding, as well as those seeking to develop practical policies on these issues' - Gibum Kim, Research Institute for Language & Information, Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security
