Summary
In Adam Hanieh’s chapter of Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, the proposition of the 1990s-2000s State-building literature that effective state building is causally related to more peaceful states, because liberalized political and economic structures defuse conflict (Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, PDF p.50).
Details
- As presented: “conflicts could be defused by encouraging the liberalization of the political and economic structures of post-conflict societies” (PDF p.50); democracies were held not to go to war with one another, and intra-state violence was also said to be less likely within liberal democracies.
- In Palestine the theory underwrote the portrayal of a functioning Palestinian state as a means of fostering a successful peace process, typically understood through the lens of guaranteeing Israel’s security (PDF p.52).
Related pages
Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, State-building, Adam Hanieh