| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 400 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
pt. I. Issues -- 1. Policy responses to state failure / Sebastian von Einsiedel -- 2. The legacy of colonialism / James Mayall -- 3. Human rights, power and the state / Michael Ignatieff -- pt. II. Regions -- 4. The Great Lakes and South Central Asia / Andrea Armstrong, Barnett R. Rubin -- 5. Columbia and the Andean crisis / Monica Serrano, Paul Kenny -- 6. The South Pacific / -- pt. III. Margins -- 7. Reviving state legitimacy in Pakistan / Samina Ahmed -- 8. Disintegration and reconstitution in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Hazel Smith -- 9. Afghanistan's weak state and strong society / Amin Saikal |
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pt. IV. Successes -- 10. Success in Mozambique? / Michel Cahen -- 11. State-building, national leadership and "relative success" in Costa Rica / Abelardo Morales-Gamboa, Stephen Baranyi -- 12. From vulnerability to success: the British withdrawal from Singapore / Patricia Shu Ming Tan, Simon S.C. Tay -- pt. V. Choices -- 13. Early and "early late" prevention / I. William Zartman -- 14. Making humanitarianism work / Thomas G. Weiss, Peter J. Hoffman -- 15. Transitional justice / Alex Boraine -- 16. Transitional administration, state-building and the United Nations / Simon Chesterman -- 17. Conclusion: the future of state-building / Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, Ramesh Thakur |
| Summary |
In the wealth of literature on state failure, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the question of what constitutes state success and what enables a state to succeed. This book is a joint project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University and examines the strategies and tactics of international actors, local political elites, and civil society groups to build or rebuild public institutions before they reach the point of failure: to make the state work. It is frequently assumed that the collapse of state structures, whether through defeat by an exter-nal power |
| Notes |
"A Project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political stability.
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Legitimacy of governments.
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Social contract.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Legitimacy of governments
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Political stability
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Social contract
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chesterman, Simon, editor.
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Ignatieff, Michael, editor.
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Thakur, Ramesh, 1948- editor
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International Peace Academy, sponsoring body, issuing body.
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United Nations University, sponsoring body, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
1423765966 |
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9781423765967 |
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928081107X |
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9789280811070 |
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9789280870879 |
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9280870874 |
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