Includes bibliographical references and index.

Governance challenges in fragile states : re-establishing security, rebuilding effectiveness, and reconstituting legitimacy / Derick W. Brinkerhoff -- Does nation building work? : reviewing the record / Arthur A. Goldsmith -- Constitutional design, identity and legitimacy in post-conflict reconstruction / Aliza Belman Inbal and Hanna Lerner -- Election systems and political parties in post-conflict and fragile states / Eric Bjornland, Glenn Cowan, and William Gallery -- Democratic governance and the security sector in conflict-affected countries / Nicole Ball -- From bullets to ballots : the U.S. Army role in stability and reconstruction -- Operations / Tammy S. Schultz and Susan Merrill -- The private sector and governance in post-conflict societies / Virginia Haufler -- Rebuilding and reforming civil services in post-conflict societies / Harry Blair -- Contributions of digital diasporas to governance reconstruction in fragile states : potential and promise / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff -- Decentralization, local governance, and conflict mitigation in Latin America / Gary Bland -- Subnationalism and post-conflict governance : lessons from Africa / Joshua B. Forrest -- Subnational administration and state building : lessons from Afghanistan / Sarah Lister and Andrew Wilder.

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