Assignment task:
Context: In 1997 Roland Paris wrote:
"The central tenet [...] is the assumption that the surest foundation for peace [...] is market democracy, that is, a liberal domestic polity and a market oriented economy [...]. Peacebuilding is in effect an enormous experiment that involves transplanting western models of social, political and economic organization into war-shattered states in order to control civil conflict: in other words, pacification through political and economic liberalization".
In the light of empirical evidence and conflict resolution theories, how much do you think this statement is valid today?
Question: In the light of empirical evidence and conflict resolution theories, how much do you think this statement is valid today?
Answer in a concise essay manner, put in any citations and sources used correctly. NO AI