Institutional Legacies of Violent Conflict

Development and State-Building in the Shadow of Wartime Institutional Change

AvPatricia Justino

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien WIDER Studies in Development Economics

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An open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.This book explores the emergence of wartime governance and its enduring effects on post-conflict state-building, development, and institutional change. Drawing on rich empirical research and original case studies from conflict-affected countries across Africa, Latin America, and Asia, it brings together leading scholars in political science, development studies, and economics to examine how non-state and hybrid actors govern during war, and how these forms of governance interact with, challenge, or complement state authority in the long term. Rather than portraying war solely as a period of state collapse and institutional erosion, this volume reveals the emergence of complex systems of rule that provide public goods, administer justice, and collect revenues. These wartime institutions often reshape postwar political settlements, influencing patterns of state legitimacy, social cohesion, and local development trajectories. By bridging disciplinary boundaries and combining theoretical innovation with grounded fieldwork, the book sheds light on key policy debates about peacebuilding, humanitarian interventions, and institutional reform in fragile contexts. It argues for a nuanced understanding of wartime governance - not merely as a symptom of conflict but as a central force in the political and institutional evolution of societies affected by war. This volume is essential reading for scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners seeking to understand the dynamics of authority, legitimacy, and governance in the world's most challenging settings.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-16
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:WIDER Studies in Development Economics
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
Medarbetare:Patricia Justino
ISBN:9780197904046

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Patricia Justino is Deputy Director of the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. Her expertise lies at the intersection of development economics and political science, with a focus on political violence, institutional transformation, and governance's impact on development outcomes. She co-founded the Households in Conflict Network and leads research initiatives funded by entities such as the European Commission and the United Kingdom's Economic and Social Research Council. Her influential work appears in top journals and includes A Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence, and Development (OUP, 2013). She has advised numerous international organizations and held visiting positions at institutions including Harvard University and the European University Institute.

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Part I Conceptualizing: A New Research Agenda 1: Patricia Justino: Institutional legacies of violent conflict: A new research agenda 2: Patricia Justino: Wartime governance and state-building trajectories in post-conflict societies Part II The Legacies of Wartime Governance 3: Margarita Gáfaro, Ana Maria Ibáñez, and Patricia Justino: Civic participation in civil war: Armed group presence and civilian responses in Colombia 4: Abbey Steele and Michael Weintraub: Rebel governance and political participation 5: Kit Rickard and Kristin M. Bakke: 'Ten pound touts': Post-conflict trust and the legacy of counterinsurgency in Northern Ireland 6: Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero: Killing for control: How drug traffickers capture the state and expand their criminal economies Part III Wartime Institutional Legacies and Post-War State-Building 7: Shelley Liu: Varieties of insecurity and rebel-civilian ties across time: Evidence from post-war Zimbabwe 8: Marine Gassier: Armed groups' modes of local engagement and post-conflict (in)stability: Insights from the Ethiopian and Somali civil wars 9: Marta Furlan: Rebel governance during COVID-19: Describing and explaining armed groups' response to the pandemic in the Middle East 10: Sarah Zukerman Daly: Political life after ethnic war Part IV Is there a role for external interventions? 11: Adam Day: States of disorder: An ecosystems approach to state-building in conflict-affected countries 12: Cyrus Samii: Revisiting community-driven reconstruction in fragile states 13: Patricia Justino: Final remarks: Prospects for state-building in post-conflict countries