Policy and Governance in Post-Conflict Settings [electronic resource] : Theory and Practice.

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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction; Experience and Passion for Writing This Book; Aims of the Book; The Structure of the Book; Part II Ideology and Global Peace; 1 From Ideological Orthodoxy to Neoliberal Peace; 1.1 The Evolution of Neoliberal Ideology; 1.2 Hegemony of Neoliberalism; 1.3 What Is Neoliberal Peace?; 1.4 Dominant Discourse About Neoliberal Peace; 1.5 Diffusion of Neoliberal Hegemony Into Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding Process; 1.5.1 Peacemaking Process; 1.5.2 Peacekeeping Process; 1.5.3 Peacebuilding Process

1.6 Statebuilding Process1.6.1 Constitutional Design; 1.6.2 State or Stateness; 1.6.3 State Power; 1.7 Institutional Systems; 1.7.1 Political System; 1.7.2 Electoral Modality; 1.8 Implications of Neoliberal Peacebuilding; 1.9 Conclusion; 2 Theoretical Underpinnings and Relevance to Neoliberal Peace; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Idealist Approaches to Neoliberal Peace; 2.3 The Realist Critique of Neoliberal Peace; 2.4 Critical Theorist Approaches to Neoliberal Peace; 2.4.1 Marginalizing and Oppressing Discourses; 2.5 Conclusion; Part III Key Tenets of Neoliberal Peace and Policy Agendas

3 Democracy as Policy Agenda for Peace3.1 Interface Between Democracy and Peace; 3.2 The Origin of Democracy; 3.3 Idealist Approaches to Democracy; 3.3.1 Idealist Tenets of Democracy; 3.3.2 Games of Truth and Institutionalization of Democracy; 3.4 The Realist Critique of Democracy; 3.4.1 Competing Power and Interests Among Insiders and Outsiders; 3.4.2 Democracy Needs Morality and Ethics; 3.5 Structural Transformation of Democracy: From Critical Theory; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 Human Rights as Policy Agenda for Peace; 4.1 Human Rights Landscapes; 4.2 The Interface Between Human Rights and Peace

4.3 Different Generations of Human Rights4.4 Human Rights Enters Into IR Contexts; 4.4.1 Human Rights From an Idealist Perspective; 4.4.2 The Realist Critique of Human Rights; 4.5 Human Rights From Critical Theorist Perspective; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 Economic Liberalization as Policy Agenda for Peace; 5.1 Violence and Economic Costs; 5.2 Peace Economics; 5.3 Modalities of Peace Economics; 5.3.1 Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs); 5.4 Implications of Advancing Economic Liberalization; 5.5 Policy Options for Addressing Negative Impacts of Neoliberal Economics; 5.5.1 Pro-poor Policy

5.5.2 Distributive Policy5.5.3 Redistributive Policy; 5.5.4 Constituent Policy; 5.5.5 Regulatory Policy; 5.6 Conclusion; 6 Good Governance Used as Policy Instruments for Peace; 6.1 From Global Governance to Good Governance; 6.2 The Evolution of Governance; 6.3 Theoretical Underpinnings and Relevance to Governance; 6.3.1 Foucault's Governmentality; 6.3.2 Governance and Power Relations; 6.4 Core Components of Good Governance; 6.4.1 Legitimacy; 6.4.2 Authority; 6.4.3 Rule of Law; 6.4.4 Core Competency Framework; 6.4.5 Accountability Mechanisms; 6.4.6 Social Inclusion; 6.5 Conclusion

7 Foreign Policy Analysis and Foreign Policy DecisionƯMaking

Post-conflict societies are commonly constructed as weak, fragile, and failed states. Economic recovery, risks of renewed violent conflict, natural resource degradation, and poverty alleviation become prioritized agendas of donor countries and international institutions. Billions of dollars on development policy and governance reform have been invested. However, misapplication, ineffectiveness, and foreign aid dependency have become a controversial debate on "whose policy, whose governance, and whose outcomes." To understand the problems, the author employs a blend of social constructionism and discourse theory to establish a platform for understanding and discussing hegemonic aid conditionality on recipient governments. The theories also help analyze how the meanings of "post-conflict governance" are socially, economically, and politically constructed and used in state building, state apparatuses, institutional building, and policy-making process. He reveals that the philosophical and theoretical knowledge that underlies the interface between the mode of governance and policy design create the consensus of values, norms and indicators between experts, public servants, donors and communities in post-conflict settings. The author also shares illuminating case studies by way of his considerable wealth of experience leading reconstructive efforts in Afghanistan and Cambodia.

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