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Author Girod, Desha M., author.

Title Explaining Post-Conflict Reconstruction / Desha M. Girod.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
©2015

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ""Explaining Post-Conflict Reconstruction""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Prologue:Â AÂ Phoenix State""; ""1 Phoenix States after Civil War:Â The Problem and the Argument""; ""Post-Conflict Reconstruction is Crucial""; ""Can Foreign Aid Help?""; ""Phoenix States Challenge the Aid Curse""; ""The Need for a Testable Argument""; ""The Argument:Â Reconstruction Requires Incentives""; ""Scope of the Book""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""2 Reconstruction Against All Odds""
""Power Consolidation Following Civil War""""The Crucial Role of Income""; ""Testable Implications""; ""Alternative Explanations""; ""Summary""; ""3 Statistical Analysis of Post-Conflict Reconstruction""; ""Testing the Nonstrategic-Desperation Hypothesis""; ""Preliminary Analysis""; ""Baseline Model""; ""Main Results""; ""Robustness""; ""Summary""; ""4 Statistical Analysis of Post-Conflict Coup Risk""; ""Testing the Low-Windfall Coup-Proofing Hypothesis""; ""Main Results""; ""Robustness""; ""Summary""; ""5 Similar Background, Different Windfall:Â Mozambique and Angola""
""Civil War in Angola and Mozambique""""Windfall Income in Angola versus Mozambique""; ""Stonewalling versus Embracing Gatekeepers of Aid""; ""Nonstrategic Donor Response""; ""Differences in Who Pays for Post-Conflict Reconstruction""; ""Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Angola versus Mozambique""; ""Summary of Aid Effectiveness in Angola versus Mozambique""; ""Power Consolidation in Angola""; ""Power Consolidation in Mozambique""; ""Alternative Explanations""; ""Summary""; ""6 Same Country, Change in Windfall:Â Uganda""; ""Brief Background:Â Civil War in Uganda""; ""Low Windfall""
""Satisfying Gatekeepers of Nonstrategic Aid""""Nonstrategic Aid Increased""; ""Post-Conflict Reconstruction""; ""Power Consolidation""; ""Striking it Rich:Â Newfound Natural Resources and Strategic Importance""; ""Was it Good Leadership?""; ""Summary""; ""7 Improving Aid Effectiveness after Civil War""; ""Supportive Cases""; ""Exceptional Cases with Low Windfall""; ""Exceptional Cases with High Windfall""; ""Policies to Counteract the Windfall Curse""; ""Future Research""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Subject Index""
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Subject Postwar reconstruction.
Postwar reconstruction.
Postwar reconstruction -- Africa, Southern.
Economic assistance.
International cooperation.
Southern Africa.
Economic assistance -- International cooperation.
Economic assistance -- International cooperation.
Economic assistance -- Africa, Southern -- International cooperation.
Economic assistance -- Political aspects.
Economic assistance -- Political aspects.
Economic assistance -- Political aspects -- Africa, Southern.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Explaining postconflict reconstruction
Other Form: Print version: Girod, Desha M. Explaining postconflict reconstruction. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015 9780199387861 (DLC) 2014020730 (OCoLC)891125273
ISBN 9780199387885 (electronic book)
0199387885 (electronic book)
9780199387878