Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : post-conflict peacebuilding : ambiguity and identity / Vincent Chetail -- Capacity-building / Volker Türk -- Civil-military interface / Thierry Tardy -- Civil society / Thania Paffenholz -- Conflict economies / Achim Wennmann -- Conflict transformation / Laurent Goetschel -- Democratic governance / Rama Mani and Jana Krause -- Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration / Robert Muggah -- Free and fair elections / Victor-Yves Ghebali -- Human security / Keith Krause -- International crimes / Louise Doswald-Beck -- Local ownership / Béatrice Pouligny -- Mine action / Davide Orifici and Suzanne Damman -- Non-state actors / Andrew Clapham -- Peace operations / Nigel White -- Peace process / Bertrand G. Ramcharan -- Private sector / Gilles Carbonnier -- Reconciliation / Pierre Hazan -- Recovery / Riccardo Bocco, Pierre Harrisson, and Lucas Oesch -- Reparation / Marco Sassoli -- Responsibility to protect / Daniel Warner and Gilles Giacca -- Return and reintegration / Vicky Tennant -- Rule of law / Vera Gowlland-Debbas and Vassilis Pergantis -- Security sector reform / Heiner Hänggi -- State-building / Marwa Daoudy -- Transitional administration / Richard Caplan -- Transitional justice / Anne-Marie La Rosa and Xavier Philippe.