Kenneth A. Loparo 
Local Leadership in Democratic Transition 
Competing Paradigms in International Peacebuilding

This book provides an in-depth analysis into the ways in which local leaders impact internationally-led democratic transition. Using three key case studies, Burundi, Cambodia and Liberia, it re-evaluates current transition paradigms delivering a new framework for understanding the roles of local leaders in democratic transition and peacebuilding.

Table of Content

Introduction 1. Local Leaders in Internationally Led Democratic Transitions Defining Democracy Democratic Peace Theory in Peacebuilding Local Leaders in Post-Conflict Democratic Transition 2. Cambodia Cambodia’s Political History; Geopolitics and Charismatic men The Negotiations and Peace Process The ‘New’ Hun Sen Government and Democracy Conclusion 3. Liberia Case Study Background Entry of the United Nations Long Term Outcomes of the Intervention Conclusion 4. Burundi Background to the Conflict International Intervention Long Term Results of the Intervention Conclusion 5. Reevaluating the Transition Paradigm A New Framework for Internationally-Led Democratic Transition Secondary Cases Conclusion 6. Shifting the Transition Paradigm Future Research on the Subject

About the author

Chavanne L. Peercy is a Lecturer in International Development at the University of Minnesota, USA and has extensive experience in governance issues including democratization, decentralization and national level development planning with governments and local organizations in Africa and Southeast Asia. Her main research interests are in political development in post-conflict and fragile states. She will be a Visiting Faculty Member at the University of Conakry, USA in the Autumn.