TY - BOOK AU - Bliesemann de Guevara,Berit TI - Statebuilding and state-formation : the political sociology of intervention SN - 9780415676977 U1 - 306.2 22 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Nation-building KW - Political sociology KW - Intervention (International law) KW - HISTORY / Military / General KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding. Using process-oriented approaches, the authors explore what happens when conscious efforts at statebuilding 'meet' social contexts, and are transformed into daily routines. In order to explain their findings, they also analyse the temporally and spatially broader structures of world society which shape the possibilities of statebuilding. Statebuilding and State Formation includes a variety of case studies from post-conflict societies in Africa, Asia and Europe, as well as the headquarters and branch offices of international agencies. Drawing on various theoretical approaches from sociology and anthropology, the contributors discuss external interventions as well as self-led statebuilding projects. This edited volume is divided into three parts: - Part I: State Formation, Violence and Political Economy - Part II: Governance, Legitimacy and Practice in Statebuilding and State-Formation - Part III: The International Self - Statebuilders' Institutional Logics, Social Backgrounds and Subjectivities The book will be of great interest to students of statebuilding and intervention, war and conflict studies, international security and IR"-- ER -