Histoire et contradictions du state building
Richard Caplan
Béatrice Pouligny
The History and Contradictions of State Building
The past 10 years have witnessed a revival of interest in state
building and “international protectorates”. Historical precedents contain
important lessons for contemporary practice but today’s state-building engineers are often ill-acquainted with these lessons. Nor are they mindful of the
fundamental contradictions that encumber state-building initiatives. The
political project of reconstructing collapsed states, it becomes apparent, is not
only ideologically freighted; it also ignores what historical sociologists have
taught us about the complex processes that govern the construction of states
and nations.
• Les précédents historiques
• Le nouveau state building à la mode onusienne
• Les contradictions de l’ingénierie actuelle du state building