Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building
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Resumo: | Post-conflict state-building has been at the heart of contemporary debate in IR. However, state-building endeavours by foreign countries are not a novel phenomenon. This article establishes an analogy between the present-day US state-building experience in Iraq and the reconstruction effort in the postbellum South in the 19th century. The aim is to try to identify similarities and differences in the dynamics involved in both instances. The assessment demonstrates that both reconstruction projects did not look to restore the previously existing political order. Quite on the contrary, the secular state-building experiments of the US have culminated in the institutionalization of an agenda of radical transformation of the existing political, social, and economic orders. Both Radical Reconstruction and the War in Iraq can be best understood in the framework of the contemporary peacebuilding project, encompassed within the liberal state-building enterprise. |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-buildingState-buildingUS Foreign PolicyPost-conflict reconstructionPost-conflict state-building has been at the heart of contemporary debate in IR. However, state-building endeavours by foreign countries are not a novel phenomenon. This article establishes an analogy between the present-day US state-building experience in Iraq and the reconstruction effort in the postbellum South in the 19th century. The aim is to try to identify similarities and differences in the dynamics involved in both instances. The assessment demonstrates that both reconstruction projects did not look to restore the previously existing political order. Quite on the contrary, the secular state-building experiments of the US have culminated in the institutionalization of an agenda of radical transformation of the existing political, social, and economic orders. Both Radical Reconstruction and the War in Iraq can be best understood in the framework of the contemporary peacebuilding project, encompassed within the liberal state-building enterprise.Instituto de Defesa Nacional2010info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/15726http://hdl.handle.net/10316/15726engVINHA, Luís da - Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building. "Nação e Defesa". ISSN 0870-757X. Vol. 126, nº 5 (2010) p. 191-2240870-757XVinha, Luís dainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-08-31T11:44:23Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/15726Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:45:53.189648Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building Vinha, Luís da State-building US Foreign Policy Post-conflict reconstruction |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building |
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Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building |
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Vinha, Luís da |
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Vinha, Luís da |
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Vinha, Luís da |
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State-building US Foreign Policy Post-conflict reconstruction |
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State-building US Foreign Policy Post-conflict reconstruction |
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Post-conflict state-building has been at the heart of contemporary debate in IR. However, state-building endeavours by foreign countries are not a novel phenomenon. This article establishes an analogy between the present-day US state-building experience in Iraq and the reconstruction effort in the postbellum South in the 19th century. The aim is to try to identify similarities and differences in the dynamics involved in both instances. The assessment demonstrates that both reconstruction projects did not look to restore the previously existing political order. Quite on the contrary, the secular state-building experiments of the US have culminated in the institutionalization of an agenda of radical transformation of the existing political, social, and economic orders. Both Radical Reconstruction and the War in Iraq can be best understood in the framework of the contemporary peacebuilding project, encompassed within the liberal state-building enterprise. |
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VINHA, Luís da - Radical Reconstructions: A Critical Analogy of US Post-conflict State-building. "Nação e Defesa". ISSN 0870-757X. Vol. 126, nº 5 (2010) p. 191-224 0870-757X |
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