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Fragile or failed states are often caused by long lasting and violent conflicts - Liberia is one of them. Since the war ceased in 2003, the United Nations and its coalition of states have tried to rebuild the nation and maintain its peace. Nation building can be seen from two different angles: as a Weberian legal and rational order or as a process that highlights social and contextual factors. Within social sciences this process can be studied either by looking into what factors contribute to a successful nation building or how this process works in practice. The article focuses on the former, by listing and analyzing the involved UN institutions with an emphasis on the Peacebuilding Commission and Peacebuilding Fund. L. Pitkaniemi

Using the method of assigning attributes, the image of political parties represented in the Croatian parliament was researched. This research was conducted on a sample of Zagreb U students. The image was determined, as was its associations, & positiveness. Using factor analysis four dimensions were found, in which the first & most important is related to the image of democratic activity of the party, while the other three are indicative of political platforms -- social, traditional, & nation-building. The political parties were found to differ significantly according to their position on each dimension. 5 Tables, 3 Figures, 7 References. Adapted from the source document.