Foreword Frederick D. Barton

Preface Derick W. Brinkerhoff

1. Governance Challenges in Fragile States: Re-Establishing Security, Rebuilding Effectiveness, and Reconstituting Legitimacy Derick W. Brinkerhoff

Part 1. Governance and Post-conflict: Perspectives on Core Issues

2. Does Nation Building Work? Reviewing the Record Arthur A. Goldsmith

3. Constitutional Design, Identity and Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Reconstruction Aliza Belman Inbal and Hanna Lerner

4. Election Systems and Political Parties in Post-Conflict and Fragile States Eric Bjornland, Glenn Cowan, and William Gallery

5. Democratic Governance and the Security Sector in Conflict-affected Countries Nicole Ball

Part 2. Actors in Governance Reconstruction: Old, New, and Evolving Roles

6. From Bullets to Ballots: The U.S. Army Role in Stability and Reconstruction Operations Tammy S. Schultz and Susan Merrill

7. The Private Sector and Governance in Post-Conflict Societies Virginia Haufler

8. Rebuilding and Reforming Civil Services in Post-Conflict Societies Harry Blair

9. Contributions of Digital Diasporas to Governance Reconstruction in Fragile States: Potential and Promise Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

Part 3. Reforming and Rebuilding Governance: Focus on the Local

10. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Conflict Mitigation in Latin America Gary Bland

11. Subnationalism and Post-conflict Governance: Lessons from Africa Joshua B. Forrest

12. Subnational Administration and State Building: Lessons from Afghanistan Sarah Lister and Andrew Wilder

About the Contributors

Index