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Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age
Contributor(s): Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (Author), Kostovicova, Denisa (Editor)

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ISBN: 0754676129     ISBN-13: 9780754676126
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $161.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science
Dewey: 320.1
LCCN: 2009024250
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.11 lbs) 230 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 165
 
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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. The interplay of global actors, policies and norms is analyzed from the standpoint of their internalization in a weak state through transnational networks. Contributors examine the reproduction of partial and discriminatory rule at the heart of persistent state weakness, drawing on a wide geographical range of case studies including the Middle East, the Balkans, the post-Soviet states and sub-Saharan Africa. The study of state-weakening dynamics related to institutional incapacity, colonial and war legacies, legitimacy gaps, economic informality, democratization and state-building provides an insight into durability and resilience of weak states in the global age.
 
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