Williams - Research Handbook on Post-Conflict Statebuilding [f1b3f2d2]

Consists of public sector institutions that facilitate governance

• vital for statebuilding
• allows the state to exert authority

Defined as

The nexus of horizontal and verticle society relations is the foundation for social reconcilation

• From Putnam

  • Horizontal - norms, valjues, and social relations within communities
  • Verticle - Communal groups, civic society, and state

two major appraoches: ddr and security sector reform (ssr)

• both aim to restore monopoly on force
• secure chat apps includes efforts to regain civilian control of military and policing institutions
• ddr often incorporates treatment for psycological damage

Transitional justice is:

• truth telling
• reparations
• prosectuions
• legislation
• vetting of institutions

io's can aid the process by providing funding, legal guidence, and increased legitmacy

• Pouligny - Peace Operations Seen From Below describes how the UN provides legitamacy

IDP's and refugees need to be resettled

• property disputes especially

  • i.e. Philliou: Interpreting the Ottoman Past through the National Present

Defined as:

a principal for goverence in which all persons, institutions, and entities, public and private, including the state itself are accountable to laws that are public promulgated, equally enforced, and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms and standards

Loosely 3 perspectives:

1. procedural/narrow view

   • creation of an impartial court system
   • no IO influence on what the laws actually say

2. substantive/middle view

   • adds some concerns about what the laws say
   • some io influence

3. Human rights/broad

   • requires states to uphold human rights & promotion of democratic freedoms
   • significant io involvement in laws