Intervention and State-Building in the Pacific

. Ed(s): Fry, Greg; Kabutaulaka, Tarcisius Tara

ISBN 10: 0719076838 / ISBN 13: 9780719076831

Published by Manchester University Press, 2008

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The question of how the international community should engage in a legitimate way in state-building in war- torn, weak or failing states is a priority question for international relations. This book draws on a group of specialists to examine this question in relation to a new model of state-building intervention in the Pacific 'arc of crisis'. Editor(s): Fry, Greg; Kabutaulaka, Tarcisius Tara. Series Editor(s): Lawler, Peter; Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre. Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556. . 2008. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intervention and State-Building in the Pacific
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719076838
• ISBN 13: 9780719076831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

State-building intervention in weak, war-torn or failing states has become a priority for the international community. However, the question of how to legitimately engage in the shaping of national governance remains, at the very least, a vexed one.

This book explores this key issue through a critical examination of a new model of state-building intervention which has recently emerged in relation to the Pacific ‘arc of crisis’. Initiated by the Australian Government in 2003, this ‘cooperative intervention’ doctrine, built on declared principles of partnership and respect for sovereignty, seems to offer a legitimate way to engage in state-building intervention.

Drawing on a group of distinguished Pacific specialists, this book mounts a critique of these claims, showing how international legitimacy does not automatically translate into political legitimacy among those in the affected societies; and how the attempt to legitimise the intervention internationally may actually work against such legitimacy in the recipient state.

These insights will be of value to those interested in public policy studies, international law, development studies and international relations.

About the Authors

Greg Fry is Hedley Bull Fellow and Director of Graduate Studies in International Affairs in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University

Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka is Research Fellow at the East-West Center's Pacific Islands Development Program