ABSTRACT
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the practices of international intervention, peacebuilding and the reconstruction of war-torn societies have reached a stage of ambitious de facto trusteeship arrangements with the ongoing international administration of Kosovo as the primary, but by no means exclusive, example.1 This book examines the obstacles to reconciliation and social reconstruction in Kosovo in the context of what is neither war nor substantial peace. It also discusses the potential and problems of the revived trusteeship institution more generally, as well as its ramifications for the institutional machinery of international society. The resultant collection of essays is thus an attempt to combine practical knowledge and theoretical analysis.
