Regime-Building
Democratization and International Administration
ISBN13: 9780199561032ISBN10: 0199561036
Hardback,
248 pages
Jun 2009,
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Description
This book is a study of regime change in the context of international administration, where the United Nations and other multilateral organizations hold temporary executive authority at the domestic level. Work on the politics of state-building has highlighted how these administration operations can influence nearly every aspect of politics in the country or territory in which they are deployed. This book concentrates in particular on the 'regime-building' practices of these missions, and examines the aims and influences of international administrations in the area of democratic development, as well as their ultimate impact on the process of regime change. Through a comparative analysis of events in Bosnia, Kosovo and East Timor, the book demonstrates how external actors assume positions of power conventionally held by domestic elites, and in so doing gain the ability to affect democratic development in ways unavailable to international actors in more conventional settings. In particular, the case studies highlight the ways in which the democracy promotion objectives of international administrators can have both positive and negative effects on democratization processes, with the presence of international authorities helping to rule out non-democratic options in some areas, while at times undermining democratic development in others. The book identifies the key international actors involved, highlights the mechanisms of influence available to them in these contexts, and explores the crucial mediating role of domestic actors and structures.Reviews
"Written in a style accessible to undergraduates, and graduates and specialists will find the argument interesting. Summing Up: Recommended."--CHOICE
About the Author(s)
Oisín Tansey is a Lecturer in International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading. He received a DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford in 2007, studying at Nuffield College, and was previously an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford.
