statebuilding to date has been mixed at best. A key question for continuing research concerns the factors influencing more versus … fragility and statebuilding. Extending beyond previous work, we introduce the concept of past stateness, consider theoretically … analysis does not imply that statebuilding is impossible in contexts with weak stateness legacies, but it does underscore the …

statebuilding to date has been mixed at best. A key question for continuing research concerns the factors influencing more versus … fragility and statebuilding. Extending beyond previous work, we introduce the concept of past stateness, consider theoretically … analysis does not imply that statebuilding is impossible in contexts with weak stateness legacies, but it does underscore the …

results have implications for state-building and are potentially actionable for policymakers. …

I examine whether and how the means through which a civil war ends affects the success of a country's state-building …-lead to differential long-run statebuilding outcomes and offer an explanation of the mechanism behind the divergence. In a …, consequently, strengthens its capacity to implement its state-building strategy. I trace this causal process over a period of two …

I examine whether and how the means through which a civil war ends affects the success of a country's state-building …-lead to differential long-run statebuilding outcomes and offer an explanation of the mechanism behind the divergence. In a …, consequently, strengthens its capacity to implement its state-building strategy. I trace this causal process over a period of two …