Dilemmas of intervention : social science for stabilization and reconstruction / / edited by Paul K. Davis ; contributors, Claude Berrebi ... [et al.].

• Author: United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
• TeilnehmendeR: Davis, Paul K., 1943-; Berrebi, Claude.; United States. Dept. of Defense.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."

Governments intervening in post-conflict states find themselves beset with numerous challenges and profound dilemmas: It is often unclear how best to proceed because measures that may improve conditions in one respect may undermine them in another. This volume reviews and integrates the scholarly social-science literature relevant to stabilization and reconstruction, with the goal of informing strategic planning at the whole-of-government level.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Objectives and scope -- Approach -- Establishing favorable security conditions -- An integrating conceptual model -- Measuring the constructs of the security model -- Establishing favorable political conditions -- General observations -- Political dilemmas -- Establishing favorable social conditions -- Initial observations -- Prescriptions for trust-building -- Establishing favorable economic conditions -- Why post-conflict economics is different -- Economic practices for the post-conflict situation -- Special issues of foreign aid -- Analytic observations -- Conclusions and suggestions for future research.