Forging new conventional wisdom beyond international policing : learning from complex, political realities / / by Bryn Hughes, Charles T. Hunt, and Jodie Curth-Bibb.

• Author: Hughes, Bryn, 1948-
• TeilnehmendeR: Hunt, Charles T.; Curth-Bibb, Jodie.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Forging New Conventional Wisdom Beyond International Policing: Learning from Complex Political Realities provides an innovative perspective in the field by conceptualizing international policing as part of a much broader system of peace and capacity development initiatives. After establishing the global context and historical evolution of police in peace operations, authors Bryn Hughes, Charles T. Hunt, and Jodie Curth-Bibb proceed to recast key ontological and epistemological aspects. Examinations of the Rule of Law and Monitoring and Evaluation in peace and capacity building establish a solid foundation upon which the authors offer a convincing argument for a new, post-Weberian approach. In Forging New Conventional Wisdom Beyond International Policing: Learning from Complex, Political Realities , researchers, practitioners and policy-makers will find a critical addition to the current discourse on international policing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Setting the context -- The global context : the historical evolution of police in peace operations -- Monitoring and evaluation and performance reporting -- Recasting key ontological and epistemological aspects -- Reshaping the substance of international contributions-beyond rethinking the "state of the state" -- The rule of law in peace and capacity building operations : appreciating more than the state -- The case for peace operations to engage the "political" diversity -- Pushing back on conventional monitoring and evaluation -- An unconventional approach to monitoring and evaluation -- Applying systems thinking to M&E : learning in spite of "uncertainty" -- Becoming emotional about assessment -- Evidence from the field for an unconventional wisdom -- The Marshall Islands microcosm : showing the need for a "political" lens -- Hybridity and police capacity development in the Solomon Islands -- The UN in Liberia : articulating the unarticulated consensus for change conclusions -- Appendix 1: Change theory -- Compendium.