Title: Nation-building
Description: Nation-Building: A Reference Handbook offers an in-depth examination of the nation-building process with special focus on the late 20th century to the present. U.S. national security expert Cynthia Watson explores economic, political, and social aspects of nation-building and provides unique insight into hot issues and fundamental concerns.Presenting nation-building from many perspectives, Watson discusses states such as Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkan countries, and East Timor, among others. She illustrates the challenges of rebuilding a country's infrastructure as well as unanticipated problems. The work provides a thorough treatment of the role that democracy plays in the nation-building process and illuminates the position of the United States juxtaposed with UN peacekeeping efforts. This one-of-a-kind reference work is complete with primary source documents, biographical sketches, and resource suggestions.
Subjects: Current Events, Economic development, Foreign relations, International relations, Intervention (International law), Nonfiction, Peacekeeping forces, Politics, Au©enpolitik, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Friedenssicherung, Relations exterieures, Intervention (Droit international), Relations internationales, Maintien de la paix, Diplomatic relations, International, Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Interventie, Government, Natievorming, General, Developpement economique, Buitenlandse politiek, Nation-building, Democracy
Places: Developing countries, United States
Time periods: 1945-1989, 1989-