Includes bibliographical references and index.

State-building and international politics : the emergence of a "new" problem and agenda / Neil Robinson -- Colonialism redux? : territorial administration by international organizations, colonial echoes, and th e legitimacy of the "international" / Ralph Wilde -- State-building : p ower without responsibility / Philip Cunliffe -- The state-building dil emma : good governance or democratic government? / David Chandler -- Wi tnessing the demise of the developing state : problems for humanitarian advocacy / Vanessa Pupavac -- Who guards the guardians? : internationa l accountability in Bosnia / Richard Caplan -- UNMIK - facilitating Kos ovo's final status or its future status? : reconceptualising the proble m, changing the solution / Aidan Hehir -- Building state failure in Eas t Timor / Jarat Chopra -- In praise of folly : international administra tion and the corruption of humanity / William Bain -- Conclusion : from intervention to administration / Aidan Hehir.