Title: From fragile state to functioning state : pathways to democratic transformation in a comparative perspective /
Authors: Collmer, Sabine, 1962-; George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.
Publisher: Lit,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Comparative government Case studies.; New democracies Case studies.; Democratization History Case studies.; Afghanistan Politics and government; Georgia (Republic) Politics and government; Kosovo (Republic) Politics and government.; Moldova Politics and government
Contents: Fragile states and democratic transformation in a comparative perspective: the research framework / Sabine Collmer -- Challenges of state reform and state building / Graeme P. Herd -- The security-stability-sustainability nexus: environmental change and state fragility / Steven Hearne -- Local ownership: the Achilles heel of foreign assistance to fragile states / Ann L. Phillips -- The challenge of state building in Afghanistan: the need for efficient ways and means / Bahar Jalali -- Principle and purpose in Afghanistan's consolidation / Gregory Gleason and Yury Bosin -- Neither functioning, nor failing of the state! Seeing violence in Afghanistan from local perspectives / Conrad Schetter and Rainer Glassner -- The democratic transformation of Georgia: independence, domestic development and the secessionist conflict / Maia Chiabrishvili -- From soft to hard power? The European Union in Georgia / Sebastian Mayer -- State failure in the former Soviet Union: examples from the south Caucasus / Martin Malek -- Kosovo: the issues and challenges of a statehood in the making / Lulzim Peci and Ilir Dugolli -- Challenges of post-conflict security sector reform: examples from the Western Balkans / Dragan Lozancic -- The threat of small arms/light weapons (SALW) and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in south eastern Europe / Frank Odendahl -- The difficult path to democracy and good governance: the case of Moldova / Tatiana Busuncian -- Oiling the conflict: crime and corruption in the war-torn regions / Elena Kovalova -- The caucus crisis in 2008 and its impact on Moldova / Cristian Urse -- Troubled transformations or troubling transformations? Fragile states and their difficult recovery: an overview / Sabine Collmer.