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Title:

When states fail : causes and consequences / Robert I. Rotberg, editor.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 335 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Legitimacy of governments--Developing countries.
World politics--1989-
Developing countries--Politics and government.

Other Authors:

Rotberg, Robert I.,

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Let them fail: state failure in theory and practice: implications for policy / Jeffrey Herbst. PART TWO: POST-FAILURE RESUSCITATION OF NATION-STATES -- Domestic anarchy, security dilemmas, and violent predation: causes of failure / Nelson Ksfir -- The global-local politics of state decay / Christopher Clapham -- The economic correlates of state failure: taxes, foreign aid, and policies / Nicolas van de Walle -- The deadly connection: paramilitary bands, small arms diffusion, and state failure / Michael T. Klare -- Preventing state failure / David Carment -- PART TWO: POST-FAILURE RESUSCITATION OF NATION-STATES -- Forming states after failure / Jens Meierhenrich -- Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration: lessons and liabilities in reconstruction / Nat J. Colletta, Markus Kostner, Ingo Wiederhofer -- Establishing the rule of law / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Building effective trust in the aftermath of severe conflict / Jennifer A. Widner -- Civil society and the reconstruction of failed states / Daniel N. Posner -- Restoring economic functioning in failed states / Donald R. Snodgrass -- Transforming the institutions of war: postconflict elections and the reconstruction of failed states / Terrence Lyons -- Let them fail: state failure in theory and practice: implications for policy / Jeffrey Herbst.

ISBN:

9780691116723 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691116725 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780691116716 (cl. : alk. paper)
0691116717 (cl. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51655557

LCCN:

2003041864

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)