Foreword Frederick D. Barton  Preface Derick W. Brinkerhoff  1. Governance Challenges in Fragile States: Re-Establishing Security, Rebuilding Effectiveness, and Reconstituting Legitimacy Derick W. Brinkerhoff  Part 1. Governance and Post-conflict: Perspectives on Core Issues  2. Does Nation Building Work? Reviewing the Record Arthur A. Goldsmith  3. Constitutional Design, Identity and Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Reconstruction Aliza Belman Inbal and Hanna Lerner  4. Election Systems and Political Parties in Post-Conflict and Fragile States Eric Bjornland, Glenn Cowan, and William Gallery  5. Democratic Governance and the Security Sector in Conflict-affected Countries Nicole Ball  Part 2. Actors in Governance Reconstruction: Old, New, and Evolving Roles 6. From Bullets to Ballots: The U.S. Army Role in Stability and Reconstruction Operations Tammy S. Schultz and Susan Merrill  7. The Private Sector and Governance in Post-Conflict Societies Virginia Haufler  8. Rebuilding and Reforming Civil Services in Post-Conflict Societies Harry Blair  9. Contributions of Digital Diasporas to Governance Reconstruction in Fragile States: Potential and Promise Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff  Part 3. Reforming and Rebuilding Governance: Focus on the Local  10. Decentralization, Local Governance, and Conflict Mitigation in Latin America Gary Bland  11. Subnationalism and Post-conflict Governance: Lessons from Africa Joshua B. Forrest  12. Subnational Administration and State Building: Lessons from Afghanistan Sarah Lister and Andrew Wilder About the Contributors  Index