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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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Institutionella upphovsmän: International Peace Academy (sponsoring body,), United Nations University (sponsoring body,)
Övriga upphovsmän: Chesterman, Simon (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare), Ignatieff, Michael (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare), Thakur, Ramesh, 1948- (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare)
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2005.
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Sammanfattning: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.
Beskrivning:"A Project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University."
Fysisk beskrivning:1 online resource (xviii, 400 pages) : maps
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1423765966
9781423765967
928081107X
9789280811070
9789280870879
9280870874