Contemporary Governance Challenges and The United Nations Peace Building in Conflict and Post Conflict Countries

Contents: Introduction. 1. Untangling conceptual issues. 2. Causes of conflict and their manifestations. 3. Contemporary Governance challenges in conflict and post conflict societies. 4. Statistical analysis of conflict and post conflict countries. 5. The United Nations peace and nations building: opportunities or charade. 6. Conclusion: positioning Governance challenges and the Untied Nations peace building in limelight. Selected references. Appendix. Index.

The history of mankind has been inundated by local, national, regional and global conflicts which have caused colossal damage to nations and societies. This study sets out to understand the contemporary governance challenges and peace building in conflict and post conflicts societies. It has mapped out the involvement success and failure of the United Nations in conflict and post conflict societies. (jacket)