Democratic Peacebuilding considers the evolution of international peacebuilding since the cold war and why, in particular, international peacebuilders frequently face difficulties in spreading democratic practices and the rule of law in war-torn societies.

• Preface


• Maps


• List of Figures


• List of Tables


• List of Acronyms


• Introduction: Democratization after War in Retreat


• Part I: Foundations


• 1: Analytical Tools to Understand and Evaluate Democratic Authority and Rule of law Institutionalization after War


• 2: International Peacebuilding through Democracy and Rule of Law Promotion: from the Cold War's End to the Peacebuilding Commission


• Part II: Democratic Peacebuilding in Practice in Afghanistan


• 3: Implementing the Bonn Agreement for Afghanistan, 2001 to 2005


• 4: Democratic Authority and Rule of Law Formation during and after the Bonn Agreement period


• Part III: The Future of Democratic Peacebuilding


• 5: Democratic Peacebuilding and its Alternatives: A New Approach for Sustainable Peace?


• 6: The Future of Afghanistan and International Peacebuilding


• Appendix I: Interviews Conducted


• Appendix II: Afghan Focus Group Questions


• Appendix III: Afghanistan Public Opinion Survey Questions


• Bibliography


• Index

Dr. Richard Ponzio is a leading expert on international peacebuilding and political development. He has served in the Balkans, Central-South Asia, the South Pacific, and West Africa with the U.N. and U.S. State Department. He is a former Senior Policy Analyst with the U.N. Peacebuilding Support Office in New York, as well as Visiting Scholar at The Stimson Center and Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. He is co-editor of Pioneering the Human Development Revolution: An Intellectual Biography of Mahbub ul Haq (OUP, 2008)