Reconstructing our understanding of state legitimacy in post-conflict states: building on local perspectives

Chapter 1: Why such a Fuss about Performance Legitimacy -- Chapter 2: Post-conflict Legitimacy and the Role of Performance Legitimacy -- Chapter 3: Measuring Legitimacy -- Chapter 4: The Cracks in the Liberal Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Development Model -- Chapter 5: The Lebanese Experience with Performance Legitimacy -- Chapter 6: Important Lessons from Senegal's Changing Experience with Performance Legitimacy -- Chapter 7: South Sudan and its Bloody Experience with Performance Legitimacy -- Chapter 8: Performance Legitimacy and the Impact of Contextual Factors.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Why Such a Fuss About Performance Legitimacy -- 1 The Book's Thesis -- 2 Main Contributions -- 3 Important Definitions -- 4 The Book's Roadmap -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part II A New Way Forward -- 2 Post-Conflict Legitimacy and the Role of Performance Legitimacy -- 1 The Main Sources of Legitimacy -- 2 Unpacking Performance Legitimacy -- 2.1 The Definition -- 2.1.1 Knowing the Subject's Interests -- 2.1.2 Meeting the Expectations of the Subjects -- 2.1.3 Having Capacity -- 2.2 Who Can Earn It? -- 3 Transition Under the Current Framework -- 4 Performance Legitimacy and Post-Conflict Development -- 5 The State's Challenge -- 5.1 The Institution-Building-Performance Legitimacy Paradox -- 5.2 Performance Legitimacy and the Dynamics of Institutional Changes -- 6 Implications -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Measuring Legitimacy -- 1 Why Measure Performance Legitimacy? -- 2 Current Legitimacy Indicators -- 2.1 Grey Literature -- 2.2 Academic Literature -- 2.3 Performance Legitimacy Indicators -- 3 Measuring Performance Legitimacy -- 3.1 Basic Theory -- 3.2 Proposed Performance Legitimacy Indicators -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Part III The Reassessment of the Experience of Three Countries Through the Performance Legitimacy Lens -- 4 The Cracks in the Liberal Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Development Model -- 1 Characteristics Identified by Conflict, Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Theories -- 1.1 Important Characteristics of Conflict -- 1.2 Other Major Factors Influencing the Success of Conflict Cessation -- 1.3 Mainstream Requirements to Achieve Post-conflict Development -- 2 A Short Description of the Case Studies -- 2.1 Lebanon -- 2.2 Senegal -- 2.3 South Sudan -- 3 Conclusion -- References.