Transitional administrations represents the complex operations of the United Nations. This book provides the history of UN state-building operations and a treatment of the five key issues confronting such an operation: peace and security, the role of the UN as government, judicial reconstruction, economic reconstruction, and exit strategies.

Aimed at policy-makers, diplomats, and a wide academic audience (including international relations, political science, international law, and war studies), the book provides a concise history of UN state-building operations and a treatment of the five key issues confronting such an operation on the ground: peace and security, the role of the UN as government, judicial reconstruction, economic reconstruction, and exit strategies.

Introduction
1. Colonies and Occupied Territories: Transitional Administrations Through the Twentieth Century
2. Power and Change: The Evolution of United Nations Complex Peace Operations
3. Peace and Security: The Use of Force to Maintain Law and Order
4. Consultation and Accountability: Building Democracy Through Benevolent Autocracy
5. Justice and Reconciliation: The Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Territories
6. Relief and Reconstruction: The Politics of Humanitarian and Development Assistance
7. Elections and Exit Strategies: No Exit Without a Strategy, or No Strategy Without an Exit
8. 'You, the People': The Future of State-Building