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Institutional Reforms and Peacebuilding: Change, Path-Dependency and Societal Divisions in Post-War Communities book cover

1st Edition

Institutional Reforms and Peacebuilding Change, Path-Dependency and Societal Divisions in Post-War Communities

Edited By Nadine Ansorg, Sabine Kurtenbach Copyright 2017
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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This book deals with the question how institutional reform can contribute to peacebuilding in post-war and divided societies. In the context of armed conflict and widespread violence, two important questions shape political agendas inside and outside the affected societies: How can we stop the violence? And how can we prevent its recurrence? Comprehensive negotiated war terminations and peace... Read more



Introduction: Institutional Reforms and Peace Building, Nadine Ansorg and Sabine Kurtenbach





Part I: Divisions, Societal Cleavages and Institutional Reforms in the Aftermath of War



1. Does the Success of Institutional Reform Depend on the Depth of Divisions? A Pilot Study on Thirty-Four African Countries, Matthias Basedau 



2. Matches and Misfits: Divided Societies and the Adoption of Power-Sharing, Gerald Schneider



3. Socioinstitutional Congruence and Social Peace in Divided and Postconflict Societies, Artak Galyan



Part II: Path Dependency of Institutional Designs During and After War



4. The Challenges of Institutional Reforms in the Midst of War: Lessons from Colombia, Sabine Kurtenbach 



5. Introducing Institutional Reform: The Role of Sunset Clauses in Postconflict Power-Sharing Arrangements, Roland Schmidt and Artak Galyan



6. Business and Institutional Reform in Hybrid Political Orders, Brian Ganson and Achim Wennmann



Part III: The Challenges of Security Sector Reform in Postwar Societies



7. The International Dimension of Postconflict Police Reform, Felix Haass, Julia Strasheim, and Nadine Ansorg 



8. Armed Disorder after Peace: Armed Actors, Conflict, and Reform in Nineteenth-Century Mexico, ca. 1820–1870, Esteban Ramírez González



9. Looking beyond Institutional Reform: Engaging with the Hybridization of Peace and Political Order. Two Cases from Oceania and West Africa, Volker Boege 





Conclusion: Institutional Reform and Peace Building, Nadine Ansorg and Sabine Kurtenbach

Biography

Nadine Ansorg is a Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany, and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Kent, UK.



Sabine Kurtenbach is a Political Scientist and Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global Area Studies, Germany.

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