Making states work : state failure and the crisis of governance /
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 strategi...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Tokyo ; New York :
United Nations University Press,
©2005.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148047 |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "A Project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 400 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423765966 9781423765967 928081107X 9789280811070 9789280870879 9280870874 |