A New Approach to Postwar Reconstruction

Bibliographic Data

ID6288070
AuthorsFredrik Galtung, Martin Tisné
Year2009
Volume20
Issue4
Pages93-107
Publication date2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.0.0132
OpenAlexW2122574260
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited1

In countries emerging from war, the immediate post-war period rarely lives up to the hopes and expectations of the country's citizens or the international community. An upsurge in corruption and a lack of accountability, which frequently become entrenched during this time, can erode trust in democracy and its institutions, thereby eating away at the legitimacy of the postwar state. The authors argue that an anticorruption approach that builds on local resources and competencies in distinctive ways and that emphasizes local accountability such as citizen-based monitoring is more likely to succeed in stemming corruption as well as increase participation and trust in the reconstruction process

Accountability · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Language change · Legitimacy · Period (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Cambodian History and Society · Corruption and Economic Development · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration

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