Abstract
This concluding article of the Special Issue on Failed States and Nation-Building argues that the science of social and cultural evolution can make valuable contributions to our collective capacity for peace- and state-building. It also reviews other papers in the Special Issue, and discusses how the different themes raised by the authors are tied together within the unifying theoretical framework of cultural evolution.
Highlights
Can Evolutionary Science Contribute to More Effective Nation-Building?Nation-building has been a focus of much debate and empirical analysis in the U.S policy community over the last several years
Some influential voices continue to argue against U.S involvement in nation-building projects, among those who support such efforts a broad consensus has emerged as to what the major elements of a successful nation-building program are. Such recommendations can be found in Francis Fukuyama’s concluding chapter in Nation-Building, entitled “Guidelines for Future NationBuilders” (Fukuyama 2006), in Framework for Success: Fragile States and Societies Emerging from Conflict of the U.S Institute of Peace (Serwer and Thomson 2007), and in the RAND Corporation’s manual The Beginner’s Guide to Nation-Building (Dobbins et al 2007)
The first example deals with the cultural region encompassing Afghanistan and Pakistan, or ‘AfPak’
Summary
This concluding article of the Special Issue on Failed States and NationBuilding argues that the science of social and cultural evolution can make valuable contributions to our collective capacity for peace- and statebuilding. It reviews other papers in the Special Issue, and discusses how the different themes raised by the authors are tied together within the unifying theoretical framework of cultural evolution
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