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Canada As Statebuilder?: Development and Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan (Human Dimensions in Foreign Policy, Military Studies, and Security Studies) - Softcover

Book 15 of 20: Human Dimensions in Foreign Policy, Military Studies, and Security Studies

Grant, Laura; Zyla, Benjamin

 
9780228006114: Canada As Statebuilder?: Development and Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan (Human Dimensions in Foreign Policy, Military Studies, and Security Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0228006112 ISBN 13: 9780228006114
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Canada's statebuilding efforts in Afghanistan are not well documented. After fourteen years of significant investments in humanitarian causes, there are still questions about the impact of these projects and whether they delivered as promised or fell short.
In Canada as Statebuilder? Laura Grant and Benjamin Zyla analyze over one hundred and thirty Canadian-led development projects in Afghanistan to illustrate that Canada has a limited capacity to effectively run humanitarian efforts in unstable, insecure, or inaccessible environments. Canadian or Canadian-sponsored development projects were ambitious and highly productive in terms of outputs in the short term, especially in the areas of security, women and gender, health, and education. However, when their outcomes and overall impact are assessed, the authors argue, Canada's record is less impressive. Their analysis contributes to evidence-based discussions of one of Canada's most important foreign policy activities in recent years.
Reflecting on Canada's engagement in Afghanistan, Canada as Statebuilder? asks whether Canadian peacekeeping efforts in the region were ultimately worth the economic and human resources invested.

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About the Authors

Laura Grant is a PhD candidate in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa.

Benjamin Zyla is a visiting scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard, University and associate professor, School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa.

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Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0228006112
ISBN 13 
9780228006114
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
352