Nation-building Unraveled?: Aid, Peace and Justice in Afghanistan

by Donini,Antonio

• ISBN13: 9781565491809
• ISBN10: 1565491807
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-12-31
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Summary

*Uses Afghanistan as a case-study that can be applied internationally *Contributors have direct political and human rights experience in the field The prevailing wisdom about post-conflict reconstruction is centered on the notion of nation-building. In the globalized post-September 11th world, can military might and technological solutions foster stability by enforcing democracy from the outside? Written by key practitioners and analysts involved in the Afghan crisis, Nation-Building Unraveled?explains how emerging international 'ordering' practices affect the role and policy of international actors, such as United Nations agencies and international NGOs, their interaction with national authorities and local communities, and their ability to generate just and social outcomes.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Acronyms	xv
Map of Afghanistan	xvii
1 Introduction
ANTONIO DONINI, NORAH NILAND, AND KARIN WERMESTER	1	(8)
2 Afghanistan, War, Aid, and International Order
NICHOLAS STOCKTON	9	(30)
PART ONE GOVERNING THE PERIPHERY WITH AID, PEACE, AND JUSTICE
3 The Politics of Peace-building
Year One: From Bonn to Kabul
J. ALEXANDER THIER	39	(22)
4 Justice Postponed
The Marginalization of Human Rights in Afghanistan
Nomi NILAND	61	(22)
5 The Struggle for Hearts and Minds
The Military, Aid, and the Media
KATE CLARK	83	(12)
6 Afghan Women on the Margins of the Twenty-first Century
SIPPI AZARBAIJANI-MOGHADDAM	95
PART TWO POLITICS AND HUMANITARIANISM AFTER SEPTEMBER	11	(196)
7 Principles, Politics, and Pragmatism in the International Response to the Afghan Crisis
ANTONIO DONINI	117	(26)
8 The Dilemma of Humanitarianism in the Post-Taliban Transition
ALEXANDER COSTY	143	(23)
9 Political Projects
Reform, Aid, and the State in Afghanistan
NICHOLAS LEADER AND MOHAMMED HANEEF ATMAR	166
10 Old Woods, New Paths, and Diverging Choices for NGOs
PAUL O'BRIEN	187	(20)
CONCLUSION
11 Aid, Peace, and Justice in a Reordered World
BRUCE D. JONES	207	(20)
About the Contributors	227	(4)
Index	231