Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Setting the context -- The global context : the historical evolution of police in peace operations -- Monitoring and evaluation and performance reporting -- Recasting key ontological and epistemological aspects -- Reshaping the substance of international contributions-beyond rethinking the "state of the state" -- The rule of law in peace and capacity building operations : appreciating more than the state -- The case for peace operations to engage the "political" diversity -- Pushing back on conventional monitoring and evaluation -- An unconventional approach to monitoring and evaluation -- Applying systems thinking to M&E : learning in spite of "uncertainty" -- Becoming emotional about assessment -- Evidence from the field for an unconventional wisdom -- The Marshall Islands microcosm : showing the need for a "political" lens -- Hybridity and police capacity development in the Solomon Islands -- The UN in Liberia : articulating the unarticulated consensus for change conclusions -- Appendix 1: Change theory -- Compendium.

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