Peacebuilding is an interactive process that involves collaboration between peacebuilders and the victorious elites of a postwar society. While one of the most prominent assumptions of the peacebuilding literature asserts that the interests of domestic elites and peacebuilders coincide, Costly Democracy contends that they rarely align.
It reveals that, while domestic elites in postwar societies may desire the resources that peacebuilders can bring, they are often less eager to adopt democracy, believing that democratic reforms may endanger their substantive interests. The book offers comparative analyses of recent cases of peacebuilding to deepen understanding of postwar democratization and better explain why peacebuilding missions often bring peace—but seldom democracy—to war-torn countries.
Price: $35.00
Pages: 208
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Publication Date:
01 August 2014
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780804781985
Format: Paperback
"Costly Democracy is a welcome addition to the literature on peace-building. It advances a new and important theory and develops a framework of analysis for understanding the peace-building process that has significant implications for both scholarship and public policy. It is methodologically rigorous—a model of structured comparative case study analysis—and is written with admirable clarity. It is an outstanding book that deserves to be read widely."—Richard Caplan, Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Christoph Zürcher is Professor of Political Science the University of Ottawa.
Carrie Manning is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Georgia State University.
Kristie D. Evenson is an independent researcher.
Rachel Hayman is Head of Research at the International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC).
Sarah Riese is a PhD candidate at Free University Berlin.
Nora Roehner is an advisor for the government of Afghanistan in Kabul.
