Institutional Reforms and Peacebuilding

Nadine Ansorg is a Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany, and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Kent, UK. Sabine Kurtenbach is a Political Scientist and Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global Area Studies, Germany.

• Introduction: Institutional Reforms and Peace Building, Nadine Ansorg and Sabine KurtenbachPart I: Divisions, Societal Cleavages and Institutional Reforms in the Aftermath of War1. Does the Success of Institutional Reform Depend on the Depth of Divisions? A Pilot Study on Thirty-Four African Countries, Matthias Basedau 2. Matches and Misfits: Divided Societies and the Adoption of Power-Sharing, Gerald Schneider3. Socioinstitutional Congruence and Social Peace in Divided and Postconflict Societies, Artak GalyanPart II: Path Dependency of Institutional Designs During and After War4. The Challenges of Institutional Reforms in the Midst of War: Lessons from Colombia, Sabine Kurtenbach 5. Introducing Institutional Reform: The Role of Sunset Clauses in Postconflict Power-Sharing Arrangements, Roland Schmidt and Artak Galyan6. Business and Institutional Reform in Hybrid Political Orders, Brian Ganson and Achim WennmannPart III: The Challenges of Security Sector Reform in Postwar Societies7. The International Dimension of Postconflict Police Reform, Felix Haass, Julia Strasheim, and Nadine Ansorg 8. Armed Disorder after Peace: Armed Actors, Conflict, and Reform in Nineteenth-Century Mexico, ca. 1820–1870, Esteban Ramírez González9. Looking beyond Institutional Reform: Engaging with the Hybridization of Peace and Political Order. Two Cases from Oceania and West Africa, Volker Boege Conclusion: Institutional Reform and Peace Building, Nadine Ansorg and Sabine Kurtenbach