1st Edition

War and Democratization Legality, Legitimacy and Effectiveness

Edited By Wolfgang Merkel, Sonja Grimm Copyright 2009
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

Promotion of democracy in post-war and post-conflict societies became a topic during the 1990s. The book deals with the legality, legitimacy and effectiveness of military interventions where the international community of states not only felt impelled to engage in military humanitarian or peace-building missions but also in long-term state- and democracy-building. External actors particularly... Read more
  1. War and Democratization: Legality, Legitimacy and Effectiveness  Sonja Grimm and Wolfgang Merkel
  2. Basic Principles of Law as Normative Foundations of, and Limits to, Military Enforcement of Human Rights Across State Boundaries  Reinhard Merkel Democracy through War?  Wolfgang Merkel Democratization and War in Political Science  Lars-Erik Cederman, Simon Hug and Andreas Wenger
  3. External Democratization after War: Success and Failure  Sonja Grimm
  4. Democratization after Civil Wars - Key Problems and Experiences  Jochen Hippler
  5. Democratization and Transitional Justice  Mark Arenhovel
  6. Democratization, State-building and War: The Cases of Serbia and Croatia  Nenad Zakosek
  7. Conflict Resolution through Democracy Promotion? The Role of the OSCE in Georgia  Pamela Jawad
  8. Democratizing a Dependent State: The Case of Afghanistan  Astri Suhrke
  9. The Perils and Promises of Democratization through United Nations Transitional Authority - Lessons from Cambodia and East Timor  Aurel Croissant

Biography

Wolfgang Merkel is Director at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and Professor of Political Science at the Humboldt University at Berlin, Germany.

Sonja Grimm is researcher at the Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Germany.