Persistent state weakness in the global age /
Persistent state weakness in the global age /
edited by Denisa Kostovicova, Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic.
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: State Weakening and Globalization; Part I Capacity Approaches; 1 Understanding Leviathan's Malaise: Stateness and the Crisisof Governability in Post-communist Polities; 2 Post-Soviet State Weakness: Legacies of Informal Networks and Troubled Transitions; 3 Informal Institutions of Political Participation in the Serbian Security Sector; Part II Historical Approaches; 4 Afghanistan: The Patrimonial Trap and the Dream of Institution-Building.
Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age addresses the question of why state weakness in the global era persists. It debunks a common assumption that state weakness is a stop-gap on the path to state failure and state collapse. Informed by a globalization perspective, the book shows how state weakness is frequently self-reproducing and functional.
9780754698739 (electronic bk.) 0754698734 (electronic bk.) 0754676129 (hardback ; alk. paper) 9780754676126 (hardback ; alk. paper) (hbk.) (hbk.)
Failed states.
Nation-building.
Postwar reconstruction.
Democratization.
États défaillants.
Reconstruction d'une nation.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre.
Démocratisation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
Democratization.
Failed states.
Nation-building.
Postwar reconstruction.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JC328.7 / .P47 2009eb
320.1
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: State Weakening and Globalization; Part I Capacity Approaches; 1 Understanding Leviathan's Malaise: Stateness and the Crisisof Governability in Post-communist Polities; 2 Post-Soviet State Weakness: Legacies of Informal Networks and Troubled Transitions; 3 Informal Institutions of Political Participation in the Serbian Security Sector; Part II Historical Approaches; 4 Afghanistan: The Patrimonial Trap and the Dream of Institution-Building.
Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age addresses the question of why state weakness in the global era persists. It debunks a common assumption that state weakness is a stop-gap on the path to state failure and state collapse. Informed by a globalization perspective, the book shows how state weakness is frequently self-reproducing and functional.
9780754698739 (electronic bk.) 0754698734 (electronic bk.) 0754676129 (hardback ; alk. paper) 9780754676126 (hardback ; alk. paper) (hbk.) (hbk.)
Failed states.
Nation-building.
Postwar reconstruction.
Democratization.
États défaillants.
Reconstruction d'une nation.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre.
Démocratisation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
Democratization.
Failed states.
Nation-building.
Postwar reconstruction.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JC328.7 / .P47 2009eb
320.1