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Title:

Making states work : state failure and the crisis of governance / edited by Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh Thakur.

Publisher:

United Nations University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xviii, 400 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Political stability.
Legitimacy of governments.
Social contract.
Failed states.
Stabilité politique.
Légitimité des gouvernements.
Contrat social.
Staat (politicologie)
Legitimiteit.
Effectiviteit.
Verval (geschiedenis)

Other Authors:

Chesterman, Simon.
Ignatieff, Michael.
Thakur, Ramesh Chandra, 1948-
International Peace Academy.
United Nations University.

Notes:

"A Project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

9. Afghanistan's weak state and strong society / 1. Policy responses to state failure / Amin Saikal -- 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 / Benjamin Reilly, Elsina Wainwright -- 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 --
17. Conclusion: the future of state-building / 10. Success in Mozambique? / Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, Ramesh Thakur. 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.

ISBN:

9789280811070 (pbk.)
928081107X (pbk.)

LCCN:

2004025266

Locations:

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

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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