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This Book Explores The Problem Of States That Fail, Leading To Conflict And War, And How To Rebuild Them. Focusing On Governance As Critical To Post-conflict Reconstruction, The Contributors Illustrate The Connections Among The Core Functions That Governance Fulfills In Any Society: Assuring Security, Achieving Effective Provision Of Public Goods And Services, And Generating Legitimacy. This Volume Brings Together Chapters By Scholars And Practitioners Studying And Working On Governance Issues From A Variety Of Perspectives. Divided Into Three Sections, This Volume Opens By Taking A Fresh Look At The Historical Record On Nation-building, Constitutional Design In Deeply Divided Societies, The Dynamics Of Elections, And Governance Of The Security Sector. It Then Explores The Range Of Actors Involved In Governance Reconstruction And Highlights The Evolving Role Of The Us Military, The Influence Of Multinational Firms, The Importance Of The Civil Service, And The Potential Impact Of Internet-based Diasporas. Finally, It Looks At Local Governance, Highlighting The Subnational State-society Structures And Relations In Fragile And Post-conflict States, And Draws On Case Studies From Latin America, Africa, And Afghanistan. This Book Will Be Of Much Interest To Students Of International Public Administration, Global Governance, Post-conflict Reconstruction, Foreign Policy And International Relations In General, As Well As To Practitioners In The Field.--book Jacket. Introduction: Governance Challenges In Fragile States: Re-establishing Security, Rebuilding Effectiveness, And Reconstituting Legitimacy / Derick W. Brinkerhoff -- Does Nation Building Work?: Reviewing The Record / Arthur A. Goldsmith -- Constitutional Design, Identity, And Legitimacy In Post-conflict Reconstruction / Aliza Belman Inbal And Hanna Lerner -- Election Systems And Political Parties In Post-conflict And Fragile States / Eric Bjornland, Glenn Cowan, And William Gallery -- Democratic Governance And The Security Sector In Conflict-affected Countries / Nicole Ball -- From Bullets To Ballots: The U.s. Army Role In Stability And Reconstruction Operations / Tammy S. Schultz And Susan Merrill -- The Private Sector And Governance In Post-conflict Societies / Virginia Haufler -- Rebuilding And Reforming Civil Services In Post-conflict Societies / Harry Blair -- Contributions Of Digital Diasporas To Governance Reconstruction In Fragile States: Potential And Promise / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff -- Decentralization, Local Governance, And Conflict Mitigation In Latin America / Gary Bland -- Subnationalism And Post-conflict Governance: Lessons From Africa / Joshua B. Forrest -- Subnational Administration And State Building: Lessons From Afghanistan / Sarah Lister And Andrew Wilder. Edited By Derick W. Brinkerhoff. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.