num_pages: 304
description: Exploring the challenge of rehabilitating countries after civil wars, this study finds that attempting to transform war-shattered states into liberal democracies with market economies can backfire badly. Roland Paris contends that the rapid introduction of democracy and capitalism in the absence of effective institutions can increase rather than decrease the danger of renewed fighting. A more effective approach to post-conflict peacebuilding would be to introduce political and economic reform in a gradual and controlled manner.
language: English
title: At War's End: Building Peace after Civil Conflict
titlecomplete: At War's End: Building Peace after Civil Conflict
genres: Political Science, Politics, International Relations
ratings_count: 63
publisher: Cambridge University Press